30th year - N° 102 Sunday, 12 April 2015

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30th year - N° 102 Sunday, 12 April 2015

12 April / Today's 14 Events:

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(+) 146 years ago Monday 12th of April 1869 Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is born in 41 Rue Puebla, XIXe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 144 years ago Wednesday 12th of April 1871 General and dictator Ioannis Metaxas is born in Ithakē, Ionian Islands, Greece.

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(+) 130 years ago Sunday 12th of April 1885 Painter Robert Delaunay known for founding the Orphism art movement is born in Rue Boissière, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 98 years ago Thursday 12th of April 1917 Andrée-Anne Babelay is murdered by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais in l'Ermitage, Allée des Tilleuls et la Roserale, Gambais, Île-de-France, France. The entry in Landru's black notebook for that day was "4h 3'."

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(x) 96 years ago Saturday 12th of April 1919 50-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is arrested as Lucien Guillet in 76 Rue de Rochechouart, IXe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. At Guillet's house a drivers license with the name of Henri Désiré Landru and a little black book with eleven names of disappeared women in it was found by arresting officers Jean Belin and Riboulet. In the bedroom Landru's mistress Fernande Segret fainted and was found stark naked on the floor.

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(x) 94 years ago Tuesday 12th of April 1921 22-year-old Serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place is sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for stealing postal orders in Halifax Borough Police Court, Harrison Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 83 years ago He Came Tiptoeing Through the Tulips Tuesday 12th of April 1932 Falsetto singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim, originally Herbert Khaury is born in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago He Had a Terrific Pain Thursday 12th of April 1945 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63 in Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia, United States. Roosevelt said "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head" and then slumped forward in his chair.

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(-) 69 years ago Friday 12th of April 1946 Flemish nationalist leader August Borms is executed by the firing squad at the age of 68 in Etterbeek, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(+) 65 years ago Wednesday 12th of April 1950 Actor and singer David Bruce Cassidy is born in Flower Hospital, 1249 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 50 years ago Monday 12th of April 1965 Triple murderess Frances Elaine Newton is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(-) 40 years ago Saturday 12th of April 1975 Dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker, originally Freda Josephine McDonald aka The Bronze Venus or The Black Pearl dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 69 in Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, XIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. On 8 April 1975 Baker starred in a retrospective revue at the Bobino in Paris, 'Joséphine à Bobino 1975', celebrating her 50 years in show business. Four days later she was found lying peacefully in her bed surrounded by newspapers with glowing reviews of her performance. She was in a coma after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

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(x) 38 years ago Tuesday 12th of April 1977 42-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker sets fire to his cell in Trenton State Prison, Trenton, New Jersey, United States.

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(-) 16 years ago Monday 12th of April 1999 Spree killer Marion Albert Pruett aka The Mad Dog Killer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.

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