31st year - N° 89 Tuesday, 29 March 2016

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
31st year - N° 89 Tuesday, 29 March 2016

29 March / Today's 15 Events:

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(+) 105 years ago He Was the New Messiah Wednesday 29th of March 1911 Founder of the Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love Fountain of the World cult Krishna Venta, originally Francis Herman Pencovic is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 94 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1922 Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Ruth Fuerst is born in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 82 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1934 Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert is born in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 72 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1944 Terry Terrence Ross Jacks known for his hit song ‘Seasons in the Sun’ is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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(+) 67 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1949 Murderer John Arthur Spenkelink is born in Le Mars, Iowa, United States.

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(x) 65 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1951 33-year-old American Communist and Soviet spy Julius Rosenberg and his 35-year-old wife Ethel are convicted to death for conspiracy to commit espionage in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 62 years ago Monday 29th of March 1954 Karen Ann Quinlan aka The Coma Girl is born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Quinlan was born to a young unmarried woman of Irish American ancestry. A few weeks later she was adopted by devout Roman Catholics Joseph and Julia Quinlan.

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(+) 57 years ago Sunday 29th of March 1959 Murderer Charles Laverne Singleton is born in Hamburg, Arkansas, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago Fing Er Einen Fisch Tuesday 29th of March 1977 Paul Klee's 'Der Goldene Fisch' is attacked by 40-year-old Art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Kunsthalle Hamburg, Glockengießerwall, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

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(x) 38 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1978 44-year-old Serial killer Angelo Anthony Buono aka The Hillside Strangler marries 21-year-old Tai-Fun Fanny Leung in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 32 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1984 Sheryl Lynn Bonaventura is abducted, tortured and killed by serial killer Christopher Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer in Mesa Mall, 2424 U.S. 6, Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.

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(-) 31 years ago Friday 29th of March 1985 Singer-songwriter Jeanine Deckers aka Sœur Sourire aka The Singing Nun commits suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol at the age of 52 in Green Horizons Apartment #47 B, 144 Chaussee de Bruxelles, Wavre, Brabant-Wallon, Belgium. Deckers committed suicide together with her companion of ten years Annie Pécher due to a depression after being harrassed for years by the Belgian tax-services.

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(x) 22 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1994 35-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Wurger's Droom' in Linkeroever, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. On the location where the so-called 'Strangler of the Left Bank' committed a murder, I was hanging upside down between four trees. To my arms and legs I tied small hatchets and I pulled a plastic bag over my head. I hung there as long as I could. The performance was inspired by an ever recurring nightmare by the 'Strangler', with whom I kept an intense correspondence for several years.

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(x) 16 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 2000 41-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Thai Boy Slim Foodstall' in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. During a documentary evening about the adventures of the Factor 44 artists in Bangkok I serviced a wayward version of my favourite Thai Foodstall in Taling Chan.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 29th of March 2002 Underground discoveries on unknown territories in Centraal Station, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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