29th year - N° 213 Friday, 1 August 2014

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29th year - N° 213 Friday, 1 August 2014

1 August / Today's 8 Events:

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(-) 78 years ago Saturday 1st of August 1936 Aviation pioneer Louis Charles Joseph Blériot dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 78 years ago Saturday 1st of August 1936 Multiple murderer Donald Neilson, originally Donald Nappey aka The Black Panther is born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 78 years ago Saturday 1st of August 1936 Fashion designer Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent is born in Oran, Oran, Algeria.

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(+) 72 years ago Saturday 1st of August 1942 Musician Jerry Jerome John Garcia aka Captain Trips known from The Grateful Dead is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(-) 48 years ago Monday 1st of August 1966 Mass murderer Charles Joseph Whitman aka The Man on the Tower is shot dead with two fatal shots of 00-buckshot with a 12-gauge shotgun by patrolman Houston McCoy at the age of 25 in The Tower, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States. Whitman had climbed the observation-tower of the University of Texas and started shooting at random, killing 16 and injuring 32 people. During the night before Whitman also stabbed his 43-year-old mother Margaret Whitman and his 23-year-old wife Kathy Whitman to death."I do not quite understand what it is that compels me to type this letter. Perhaps it is to leave some vague reason for the actions I have recently perf ormed. I do not really understand myself these days. I am supposed to be an average reasonable and intelligent young man. However, lately (I cannot recall when it started) I have been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts."

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(-) 33 years ago Saturday 1st of August 1981 Irish republican hunger striker Kevin Lynch, originally Caoimhghin O Loinsigh dies after 71 days of hungerstriking at the age of 25 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Lynch was the seventh to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 1st of August 2003 A 'Love Hotel' in Singapore, Singapore.

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(x) 10 years ago Sunday 1st of August 2004 394 die in Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire in Ycuá Bolaños, Asunción, Ciudad de Asunción, Paraguay.

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