29th year - N° 228 Saturday, 16 August 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 228 Saturday, 16 August 2014

16 August / Today's 13 Events:

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(+) 126 years ago Thursday 16th of August 1888 Man of Action Thomas Edward Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia is born in Gorphwysfa, Tremadog, Wales, United Kingdom.

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(-) 126 years ago His Valuable Brain Tonic Didn't Help Thursday 16th of August 1888 Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton known for inventing Coca Cola dies of stomach cancer at the age of 57 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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(-) 120 years ago Thursday 16th of August 1894 Anarchist and assassin Sante Geronimo Caserio is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 21 in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France.

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(-) 115 years ago Wednesday 16th of August 1899 Chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen known for development of the Bunsen burner dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 94 years ago Monday 16th of August 1920 Poet and writer Charles Henry Bukowski, originally Heinrich Karl Bukowski aka Hank is born in Aktienstraße 12, Andernach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(-) 88 years ago Monday 16th of August 1926 Mary Nesbitt is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in Oakland, California, United States.

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(x) 86 years ago Thursday 16th of August 1928 37-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder is arrested in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

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(-) 69 years ago Thursday 16th of August 1945 Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi aka The Father of the Kamikaze commits suicide by Seppuku at the age of 54 in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Ōnishi did not use a kaishakunin (second), and died of self-inflicted injuries over a period of 15 hours.

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(+) 64 years ago Wednesday 16th of August 1950 Serial killer Jack Johann Unterweger aka Jack the Writer aka Der Häfenpoet aka The Pug Dumper is born in Judenburg, Steiermark, Austria.

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(x) 49 years ago He Was Burning Down the House Monday 16th of August 1965 30-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker sets fire to the first floor of a building he owns, collecting $11.000 on insurance in 2039 East Fletcher Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 37 years ago Tuesday 16th of August 1977 Bartholomeus Bruyn's 'Portrait', Lucas Cranach the Elder's 'Portrait of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora' and several more paintings are attacked with acid by 40-year-old Art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum, Willy-Brandt-Allee 5, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(x) 11 years ago Saturday 16th of August 2003 58-year-old Artist Jörg Immendorff is caught with seven prostitutes (and four more on the way) and 10 grams of cocaïne in a Versace ashtrey in the luxury suite in Steigenberger Parkhotel, Königsallee 1a, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Immendorf explained it as an act of 'orientalism'.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 16th of August 2003 Passengers in the back of a crowded pick-up truck aka public transport staring at a weird white guy in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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