Sunday, October 4, 2015

30th year - N° 277 Sunday, 4 October 2015

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30th year - N° 277 Sunday, 4 October 2015

4 October / Today's 23 Events:
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193 years ago

Friday 4th of October 1822

19th President of the United States Rutherford Birchard Hayes is born in 17 E. William Street, Delaware, Ohio, United States.


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123 years ago

Tuesday 4th of October 1892

Chancellor of Austria Engelbert Dollfuss is born in Texing, Niederösterreich, Austria.


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120 years ago He Was a Real Buster

Friday 4th of October 1895

Actor, film director and stunt performer Buster Joseph Frank Keaton aka The Great Stone Face is born in Piqua, Kansas, United States.

Keaton acquired the nickname 'Buster' at about eighteen months of age when Harry Houdini saw the young Keaton take a tumble down a long flight of stairs without injury. After the infant sat up and shook off his experience Houdini remarked "That was a real buster!"


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116 years ago

Wednesday 4th of October 1899

36-year-old Serial killer and cannibal Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann aka Die Bestie vom Schlesischen Bahnhof is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for assault on a minor in Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany.

Großmann assaulted 10-year-old Maria Gottwald and 4-year-old Babette Burkel on 21 April 1899. Burkel died later of her injuries.


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92 years ago

Thursday 4th of October 1923

Actor and political activist Charlton Heston, originally John Charles Carter is born in No Man's Land, Illinois, United States.


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87 years ago

Thursday 4th of October 1928

Writer and futurist Alvin Toffler is born in New York City, New York, United States.


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84 years ago

Sunday 4th of October 1931

Philosopher Richard McKay Rorty is born in New York City, New York, United States.


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79 years ago

Sunday 4th of October 1936

Murderer James Hanratty aka The A6 Lay-By Murderer is born in Bromley, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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71 years ago

Wednesday 4th of October 1944

Singer Patti LaBelle, originally Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards aka The Godmother of Soul known for the iconic disco song ‘Lady Marmalade’ is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.


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68 years ago

Saturday 4th of October 1947

Theoretical physicist Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck known for originating quantum theory dies of a stroke at the age of 89 in Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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66 years ago

Tuesday 4th of October 1949

Spree killer Marion Albert Pruett aka The Mad Dog Killer is born in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States.


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66 years ago

Tuesday 4th of October 1949

18th Duke of Veragua Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel is born in Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

Cristobal Colon is a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus.


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54 years ago He Violated Section 205

Wednesday 4th of October 1961

36-year-old Stand-up comedian, social critic and satirist Lenny Bruce, originally Leonard Alfred Schneider is arrested for obscenity in Jazz Workshop, 473 Broadway Street, North Beach, San Francisco, California, United States.

Bruce was booked for violation of Section 205 of the Police Code ("depicting or distributing obscene matter for the sake of prurient appeal"). Bruce made bail and was back at the Jazz Workshop for the second show that same night, where he related his arrest and booking to a standing-room audience.


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50 years ago

Monday 4th of October 1965

68-year-old 262nd Pope Paulus VI, originally Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini aka The Pilgrim Pope arrives for the first US Papal visit ever in New York City, New York, United States.


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47 years ago

Friday 4th of October 1968

Serial killer Beverley Gail Allitt aka The Angel of Death is born in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.


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39 years ago it Fizzled

Monday 4th of October 1976

23-year-old Serial killer David Richard Berkowitz, originally Richard David Falco aka Son of Sam presumably throws a Molotov cocktail into the house of his neighbour Sam Carr in 35 Pine Street, Yonkers, New York, United States.

Berkowitz tried to kill the demon lurking in Harvey with the Molotov cocktail but it fizzled.


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36 years ago

Thursday 4th of October 1979

Start of the trial against 46-year-old Serial killer Joachim Georg Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale in Landgericht Saal 201, König-Heinrich-Platz 1, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Kroll was charged with eight of at least twelve committed murders.


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34 years ago

Sunday 4th of October 1981

36-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company burns the dissected remains of five murder victims on a bonfire at the rear of his house in 195 Melrose Avenue, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Nilsen crowned the bonfire with an old car tyre to disguise the smell.


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33 years ago

Monday 4th of October 1982

Pianist Glenn Hubert Gould known for his interpretations of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 50 in Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, United States.


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18 years ago

Saturday 4th of October 1997

30-year-old Suicide bomber Muriel Degauque aka Maryam marries Fouad in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.


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13 years ago

Friday 4th of October 2002

Film director André Delvaux dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Valencia, Valencia, Spain.



10 years ago The Eyes had it

Tuesday 4th of October 2005

The Y2K bug in real life and super delay on a cinema display in Beijing, Hebei, China.



10 years ago The Eyes had it

Tuesday 4th of October 2005

Some peculiar Gods or Ghosts in Dōngyuè Miào, 141 Chaoyangmen Outer St, Beijing, Hebei, China.


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