29th year - N° 84 Tuesday, 25 March 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 84 Tuesday, 25 March 2014

25 March / Today's 7 Events:

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(+) 123 years ago Wednesday 25th of March 1891 Writer Filip De Pillecyn is born in Plezantstraat, Hamme aan de Durme, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(x) 103 years ago Saturday 25th of March 1911 146 die in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, Greene Street and Washington Place, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. A large crowd of bystanders gathered on the street, witnessing 62 people jumping or falling to their deaths from the burning building.

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(+) 103 years ago Saturday 25th of March 1911 Nightclub operator Jack Ruby, originally Jacob Leon Rubenstein is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 67 years ago Tuesday 25th of March 1947 111 die in No. 5 coal mine dust explosion in Centralia, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 24 years ago Sunday 25th of March 1990 87 die in Happy Land unlicensed social club fire in Happy Land, 1959 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, New York, United States. The evening of the fire, unemployed Cuban refugee Julio González had argued with his former girlfriend Lydia Feliciano, a coat check girl at the Happy Land, urging her to quit. She claimed that she had had enough of him and did not want anything to do with him anymore. González tried to fight back into the club but was ejected by the bouncer. González returned to the establishment with a plastic container of gasoline. He spread the fuel on a staircase, the only access into the club, and then ignited the gasoline. González was charged with 174 counts of murder - two for each victim - and was found guilty on 87 counts of arson and 87 counts of murder on 19 August 1991. For each count he received the sentence maximum of 25 years to life (a total of 4,350 years).

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 25th of March 2006 A bright lit corridor in a U-Bahn station in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 25th of March 2010 Spring time on our back terrace in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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