30th year - N° 143 Saturday, 23 May 2015

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30th year - N° 143 Saturday, 23 May 2015

23 May / Today's 20 Events:

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(x) 585 years ago Sunday 23rd of May 1430 18-year-old Heroine Jeanne d'Arc aka La Pucelle d'Orléans is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve the city in Compiègne, Oise, France. Jeanne was then sold to the English.

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(+) 281 years ago Sunday 23rd of May 1734 Physician and inventor of animal magnetism Franz Anton Mesmer known for Mesmerism is born in Höristraße, Moos, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 132 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 1883 Actor Douglas Fairbanks, originally Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman is born in Denver, Colorado, United States.

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(-) 109 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 1906 Poet and playwright Henrik Johan Ibsen dies of a stroke at the age of 78 in Arbins Gade 1, Oslo, Østlandet, Norway.

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(-) 92 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 1923 Roland Hoch is killed and his meat sold by serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf in Neue Straße 8, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 82 years ago Tuesday 23rd of May 1933 Actress Joan Henrietta Collins is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 81 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 1934 Gangster Clyde Chestnut Barrow is shot dead with 23-year-old Bonnie Parker by a posse at the age of 25 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. Barrow and Parker appeared in daylight in an automobile and were shot by a posse of four Texas officers, Frank Hamer, B.M. 'Manny' Gault, Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton and two Louisiana officers, Henderson Jordan and Prentiss Morel Oakley. Barrow had 17 entrance wounds in his body.

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(-) 81 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 1934 Gangster Bonnie Elizabeth Parker is shot dead with 25-year-old Clyde Barrow by a posse at the age of 24 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. Barrow and Parker appeared in daylight in an automobile and were shot by a posse of four Texas officers, Frank Hamer, B.M. 'Manny' Gault, Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton and two Louisiana officers, Henderson Jordan and Prentiss Morel Oakley. Parker had 26 entrance wounds in her body.

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(+) 81 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 1934 Electronic music pioneer Robert Arthur 'Bob' Moog known for the Moog synthesizer is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 74 years ago Friday 23rd of May 1941 44-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer buys a property from Marie-Sidonie Desmit, wife of Joseph Marie Rodolphe, Prince of Colloredo Mannsfield in 21 Rue Le Sueur, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Petiot paid 495.000,- Francs. He killed between 27 (confirmed) and 64 (presumed) people in this 'hôtel'.

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(-) 70 years ago He Was Reluctant to Open His Mouth Wednesday 23rd of May 1945 Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Luitpold Himmler commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 45 in 31st Civilian Interrogation Camp, Uelzener Straße 31a, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Doctor Wells conducted a medical exam on Himmler and attempted to examine the inside of Himmler's mouth but the prisoner was reluctant to open it and jerked his head away. Himmler then bit into a hidden cyanide pill and collapsed onto the floor.

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(+) 65 years ago Tuesday 23rd of May 1950 Serial killer and cannibal Richard Trenton Chase aka The Vampire of Sacramento is born in Jadon Rico, California, United States.

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(x) 34 years ago Saturday 23rd of May 1981 25-year-old Irish republican hunger striker Kevin Lynch, originally Caoimhghin O Loinsigh starts hungerstriking in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 27 years ago Monday 23rd of May 1988 Serial killer Roberto Succo aka L'Assassino della Luna Piena aka Il Mostro di Mestre aka Roberto il Folle commits suicide by opening a gas refill in a plastic bag over his head at the age of 26 in Carcere di San Pio X, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.

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(x) 26 years ago Tuesday 23rd of May 1989 29-year-old Serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal is sentenced to 5 years probation for sexual assault and enticing a child for immoral purposes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 21 years ago Monday 23rd of May 1994 Electrician George P. Metesky aka The Mad Bomber dies of unknown causes at the age of 91 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States.

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(-) 18 years ago Friday 23rd of May 1997 Artist James Lee Byars dies of cancer at the age of 65 in Anglo-American Hospital, Caïro, Al Qahirah, Egypt.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 23rd of May 2007 My Chinese raincoat at our temporary quarters in Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland.

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(x) 8 years ago Wednesday 23rd of May 2007 73-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson, originally no name Maddox known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate is denied parole for the eleventh time in Corcoran State Prison, Corcoran, California, United States.

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(-) 2 years ago Thursday 23rd of May 2013 Singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki, originally Giuseppe Mustacchi dies of emphysema at the age of 79 in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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