(x) The Great Fire breaks out in London, London City of, United Kingdom.
The fire raged for three days and destroyed 10.000 buildings.
119 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 2 September 1894
(-) Benjamin Pitezel is murdered by Herman Webster Mudgett aka The Torture Doctor, in Philadelphia, 1316 Callowhill St., Pennsylvania, United States.
103 YEARS AGO - on Friday 2 September 1910
(-) Artist Henri Julien Félix Rousseau aka Le Douanier, dies at the age of 66 in Paris, Hôpital Necker, Paris - Ile-de-France, France.
89 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 2 September 1924
(-) Philanderer and murderer Patrick Herbert Mahon is executed by hanging at the age of 34 in London, Wandsworth Prison, London City of, United Kingdom.
84 YEARS AGO - on Monday 2 September 1929
(-) Designer and film director Paul Leni aka The Forgotten Master, dies from blood poisoning due to a neglected ulcerated tooth at the age of 44 in Hollywood, California, United States.
69 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 2 September 1944
(+) Serial Killer Manuel Leonard Moore aka The Black Zebra Killer, is born in California, United States.
67 YEARS AGO - on Monday 2 September 1946
(-) Inge H. is killed and mutilated by Rudolf Pleil aka Der Großten Todmacher, at the age of 25 in Bergen, Border-control, Germany.
66 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 2 September 1947
(-) Thief Vincenzo Peruggia dies at the age of 65 in Annemasse, Haute Savoie, France.
He stole the Mona Lisa in 1911.
65 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 2 September 1948
(+) Astronaut Christa Sharon Corrigan McAuliffe aka The First Teacher in Space, is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
62 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 2 September 1951
(+) Actor Mark Harmon is born in Burbank, California, United States.
60 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 2 September 1953
(+) Musician John Zorn is born in New York City, New York, United States.
51 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 2 September 1962
(+) Murderer Wilford Berry aka The Volunteer, is born in Ohio, United States.
44 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 2 September 1969
(-) Leader of the Viet Minh Independence Movement Ho Chi Minh originally Nguyen Sinh Cung, dies of heart failure at the age of 79 in Vietnam.
41 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 2 September 1972
(-) Karen Hill is raped and strangled by Arthur Shawcross aka The Monster of the Rivers aka The Genesee River Killer, at the age of 8 in Watertown, Pearl Street, New York, United States.
40 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 2 September 1973
(-) Writer John Reginald Reuel Tolkien aka The Lord of the Rings, dies at the age of 81 in Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom.
32 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 2 September 1981
(x) 29-year-old Serial Killer Gerald Eugene Stano originally Paul Zeininger aka Blind Fury, is sentenced to three life-sentences in Volusia County, Circuit Court, Florida, United States.
(-) Child murderer Jimmy Lee Gray is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 34 in State Prison, Mississippi, United States.
Officials had to clear the room eight minutes after the gas was released when Gray's desperate gasps for air repulsed witnesses. "Jimmy Lee Gray died banging his head against a steel pole in the gas chamber while reporters counted his moans (eleven, according to the Associated Press)"
25 YEARS AGO - on Friday 2 September 1988
(x) Cellules Communistes Combattantes leader Didier Chevolet starts hungerstriking in the prison of St. Gillis in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
22 YEARS AGO - on Monday 2 September 1991
(-) Mary De Luca is strangled by Joel Rifkin at the age of 22 in a Nassau County Motel, New York, United States.
19 YEARS AGO - on Friday 2 September 1994
(-) Rapist and Murderer Harold Lamont Otey is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 42 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
It was the first execution in Nebraska in 25 years, when Charles Starkweather went to the same chair.
15 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 2 September 1998
(x) 229 Die in Swissair Flight 111 McDonnel Douglas MD-11 crash in St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
12 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 2 September 2001
(-) Surgeon and heart-transplanter Christian Neethling Barnard dies of an asthma attack at the age of 78 in Paphos, Cyprus.
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