29th year - N° 312 Saturday, 8 November 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 312 Saturday, 8 November 2014

8 November / Today's 18 Events:

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(+) 358 years ago Wednesday 8th of November 1656 Astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician and meteorologist Edmond Halley known for Halley’s Comet is born in Haggerston, Hackney, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 340 years ago He Found His Paradise Thursday 8th of November 1674 Poet, polemicist, man of letters and civil servant John Milton known for Paradise Lost dies of kidney failure at the age of 66 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 167 years ago Monday 8th of November 1847 Writer Bram Abraham Stoker known for his novel Dracula is born in 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(+) 130 years ago Saturday 8th of November 1884 Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach known for the Rorschach inkblot test is born in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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(x) 119 years ago He Wore His X-Ray Specs Friday 8th of November 1895 50-year-old Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers the 'X-rays' in Röntgenring 8, Würzburg, Bayern, Germany.

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(x) 99 years ago Monday 8th of November 1915 272 die in SS Ancona passenger steamer shipwreck in The Mediterranean Sea, Italy. The Ancona was torpedoed and sunk without warning by the SM U-38 U-Boot, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Max Valentiner.

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(+) 92 years ago Wednesday 8th of November 1922 Cardiac surgeon Christian Neethling Barnard is born in Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa.

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(x) 91 years ago Thursday 8th of November 1923 30-year-old Reichsmarschall and Nazi leader Hermann Wilhelm Göring is shot in the hip by the Bayrische Landespolizei while parading with Adolf Hitler in Odeonsplatz, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(x) 75 years ago Wednesday 8th of November 1939 50-year-old Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler escapes a deadly bomb-attack by Georg Elser in Bürgerbräukeller, Haidhausen, München, Bayern, Germany. The bomb exploded killing eight people and injuring 57, but Hitler had cut short his speech and had already left.

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(-) 65 years ago Tuesday 8th of November 1949 Beryl Evans, originally Beryl Susanna Thorley is gassed and strangled by serial killer John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place in 10 Rillington Place, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Beryl and Timothy Evans' 1-year-old daughter Geraldine was also strangled. Timothy confessed to the murder and was executed by hanging on 9 March 1950. Before Christie's execution by hanging on 15 July 1953 he confessed to murdering Beryl Evans. An official inquiry concluded in 1966 that Christie had also murdered Geraldine, and Timothy Evans was granted a posthumous pardon.

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(+) 55 years ago Sunday 8th of November 1959 Murderer Anthony Charles Williams is born in Leon County, Texas, United States.

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(x) 53 years ago Wednesday 8th of November 1961 77 die in Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 Lockheed Constellation L-049 crash in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The captain and flight engineer survived the crash.

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(x) 44 years ago Sunday 8th of November 1970 45-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Manopsychotisches Ballett 1' in Kunsthalle, Cäcilienstraße, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(x) 40 years ago Friday 8th of November 1974 Carol DaRonch is attacked with a crowbar by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Fashion Place Mall, 6191 S State Street, Murray, Utah, United States. DaRonch managed to escape and survived.

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(-) 40 years ago Friday 8th of November 1974 Debra Jean Kent is abducted and killed by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Viewmont High School, 120 W 1000 N, Bountiful, Utah, United States. Kent's body was never found.

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(-) 30 years ago Thursday 8th of November 1984 Marise Choy is tortured and killed by serial killer Thierry Paulin aka Le Tueur de la Pleine Lune in 77 rue Pajol, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 28 years ago Saturday 8th of November 1986 Politician and diplomat Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, originally Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin dies of natural causes at the age of 96 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(x) 26 years ago Tuesday 8th of November 1988 35-year-old Serial killer Bobbie Joe Long aka The Adman Rapist is sentenced to death for the Virginia Johnson murder in Fort Myers, Florida, United States.

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