31st year - N° 49 Thursday, 18 February 2016

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31st year - N° 49 Thursday, 18 February 2016

18 February / Today's 14 Events:

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(+) 500 years ago Friday 18th of February 1516 Queen of England and Ireland Mary Tudor aka Bloody Mary is born in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 470 years ago Monday 18th of February 1546 Theologian and church reformer Martin Luther dies of an apoplectic stroke at the age of 63 in Martin Luthers Geburtshaus, Lutherstraße 16, Eisleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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(+) 110 years ago Sunday 18th of February 1906 Pediatrician Hans Asperger is born in Hausbrunn, Niederösterreich, Austria.

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(+) 95 years ago Friday 18th of February 1921 Self-proclaimed Emperor of Central Africa Jean-Bédel Bokassa is born in Bobangui, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa.

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(+) 83 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1933 Artist Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(+) 69 years ago Tuesday 18th of February 1947 Victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley aka The Moors Murderers Pauline Reade is born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

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(-) 67 years ago Friday 18th of February 1949 Olive Henrietta Olivia Robarts Durand-Deacon is shot in the head by serial killer John George Haigh aka The Acid Bath Murderer in 2 Leopold Road, Crawley, Sussex, United Kingdom. Haigh stripped Durand-Deacon of her valuables, including a Persian lamb coat and put her into a sulphuric acid bath. Investigation of the sludge at the workshop by the pathologist Keith Simpson revealed three human gallstones and part of a denture which was later identified by Mrs Durand-Deacon's dentist during the trial and conviction.

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(x) 55 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1961 36-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey assaults an unidentified 12-year-old boy in Vingtaine du Mont Cochon, Saint Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 53 years ago Monday 18th of February 1963 Gertrude Gruen is attacked and raped by serial killer Albert DeSalvo aka The Boston Strangler aka The Measuring Man aka The Green Man in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Gruen survived.

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(-) 49 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1967 Theoretical physicist Robert Julius Oppenheimer aka The Father of the Atomic Bomb dies of throat cancer at the age of 63 in Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Oppenheimer was diagnosed with throat cancer in late 1965 and underwent unsuccessful radiation treatment and chemotherapy. He fell into a coma on 15 February 1967.

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(x) 46 years ago Wednesday 18th of February 1970 81 die in train derailment in Langa Langa, Benue, Nigeria.

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(x) 44 years ago He Went to Bed Early Friday 18th of February 1972 26-year-old Artist Chris Christopher Burden starts his performance 'Bed Piece' in Market Street, Venice, California, United States. Burden did not speak to anyone during the performance but the curator Josh Young provided him with water, food, and toilet facilities without being asked. 'Bed Piece' lasted until 10 March 1972.

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(-) 25 years ago Monday 18th of February 1991 Curtis Durrell Straughter is drugged, strangled and dismembered by serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal in Oxford Apartments #213, 924 25th North Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 15 years ago Sunday 18th of February 2001 Artist Balthasar Kłossowski, originally Kłossowski de Rola aka Balthus dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Grand Chalet, Rossinière, Vaud, Switzerland. Prime ministers and rock stars alike attended Kłossowski's funeral including the President of France, the Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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