(-) Third wife of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour dies of puerperal fever at the age of 29 in Hampton Court, United Kingdom.
110 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 24 October 1903
(+) FBI-agent Melvin Horace Purvis is born in Illinois, United States.
98 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 24 October 1915
(+) Designer Bob Kane aka The Father of Batman, is born in California, United States.
95 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1918
(-) Hotelier César Ritz dies at the age of 68 in Küssnacht, Switzerland.
88 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 24 October 1925
(+) Composer Luciano Berio is born in Oneglia, Liguria, Italy.
87 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 24 October 1926
(x) 52-year-old Magician Harry Houdini performs his last magic performance show in Detroit, Garrick Theatre, Michigan, United States.
86 YEARS AGO - on Monday 24 October 1927
(+) Musician Gilbert Bécaud is born in Toulon, France.
84 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1929
(x) All the rich run around in panic because of the Wall Street Crash in New York, New York, United States.
84 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1929
(-) Hubertine Meurer is attacked by Peter Kürten aka The Düsseldorfer Monster aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf, at the age of 34 in Düsseldorf, NordRhein-Westfalen, Germany.
She survived.
80 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 24 October 1933
(+) Gangsters and murderous twins Reginald & Ronald Kray aka The Profession of Violence, are born in Hoxton, United Kingdom.
78 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1935
(-) Gangster and bootlegger Arthur Flegenheimer aka Dutch Schulz, dies of peritonitis at the age of 33 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
He was shot by Charley "The Bug" Workman 22 hours before at the Palace Chop House. His famous last words, induced by high fever and morphine were recorded by a stenographer and inspired a number of writers including William S. Burroughs.
74 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 24 October 1939
(x) 34-year-old Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess, escapes from the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
She returned voluntarily, 6 days later after visiting her ill mother.
69 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 24 October 1944
(-) Automobile pioneer Louis Renault due to mistreatment in Fresnes Prison accused of collaboration at the age of 67 in Paris, Paris - Ile-de-France, France.
68 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 24 October 1945
(+) SPK and Rote Armee Fraktion 2nd Generation member Hanna Elise Krabbe is born in Bad Bentheim, Germany.
(-) Composer Franz Ferenc Lehár dies at the age of 78 in Bad Ischi, Austria.
62 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 24 October 1951
(+) Rock fan Meredith Hunter is born in California, United States.
60 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 24 October 1953
(-) Evelyn Hartley is presumably murdered by Ed Gein aka Psycho, America’s Most Bizarre Murderer, at the age of 15 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, United States.
60 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 24 October 1953
(x) 19-year-old Serial Killer Juan Vellejo Corona aka The Machete Murderer, marries Gabriella E. Hermosillo in Reno, Nevada, United States.
58 YEARS AGO - on Monday 24 October 1955
(+) Double Murderer Jose Jesus Ceja is born in Arizona, United States.
55 YEARS AGO - on Friday 24 October 1958
(-) Murderer Bart Caritativo is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 52 in San Quentin Prison, California, United States.
53 YEARS AGO - on Monday 24 October 1960
(x) Over 120 skilled technicians and scientists Die in R-16 ICBM Rocket Missile explosion in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 41, Russia.
Its secondary engines were accidently ignited while is was still on the launchpad.
51 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 24 October 1962
(x) 37-year-old Comedian Lenny Bruce is arrested for obscenity in Hollywood, Troubadour Theatre, California, United States.
50 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1963
(x) 137 Die in ferry capsizing in Yojoe, Han River, Korea.
41 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 24 October 1972
(-) Margaret Guilfoyle is stabbed to death and ripped to pieces by Herbert Mullin at the age of 24 in Santa Cruz, Empire Grade, California, United States.
22 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1991
(-) Star Trek creator Eugene “Gene” Wesley Roddenberry dies at the age of 70 in Santa Monica, California, United States.
17 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 1996
(x) 15-year-old Olga Galtseva is found, covered with terrible wounds during a raid on the apartment of Serial Killer and Cannibal Alexander Spesivtsev in Novokuznetsk, Siberia, Russia.
Also found are the mutilated bodies of 13-year-old Yevgenia Barashkina and 13-year-old Anastasia Burnayeva who had been missing for over a month.
11 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 24 October 2002
(x) 41-year-old Spree Killer John Allan Muhammad originally John Allan Williams aka The Beltway Sniper, and Lee Boyd Malvo are arrested in Maryland, United States.
7 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 24 October 2006
(-) Cult Leader Jeffrey Lundgren is executed by lethal injection at the age of 56 in Lucasville, Southern Correctional Facility, Ohio, United States.
His final meal was turkey, potatoes and gravy, a salad and pumpkin pie. "For my last words I'd like to profess my love for God, my family, my children and my beloved wife. ... I am because you are."
No comments:
Post a Comment