31st year - N° 111 Wednesday, 20 April 2016

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31st year - N° 111 Wednesday, 20 April 2016

20 April / Today's 19 Events:

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(+) 127 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1889 Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler is born in Salzburger Vorstadt 15, Braunau am Inn, Oberösterreich, Austria.

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(+) 123 years ago Thursday 20th of April 1893 Artist Joan Miró, originally Joan Miró i Ferrà is born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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(+) 123 years ago His Safety Came First Thursday 20th of April 1893 Actor, film director and stunt performer Harold Clayton Lloyd is born in Burchard, Nebraska, United States.

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(+) 108 years ago Monday 20th of April 1908 Musician and bandleader Lionel Leo Hampton aka Gates aka Hamp is born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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(-) 104 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1912 Writer Bram Abraham Stoker known for his novel Dracula dies of tertiary syphilis at the age of 65 in 26 St George's Square, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Stoker suffered a number of strokes before his death.

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(-) 92 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1924 Kaspar Hubalek is killed, cut to pieces and eaten by serial killer and cannibal Karl Denke aka Papa Denke in Teichstraße 10, Münsterberg, Niederschlesien, Germany. Hubalek was Denke's last known victim.

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(+) 73 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1943 Heiress, socialite, actress, and fashion model Edie Edith Minturn Sedgwick aka The Girl of the Year is born in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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(+) 63 years ago He Was Off Black Monday 20th of April 1953 Musician James Chance, originally James Siegfried aka James White is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(x) 58 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1958 23-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker marries Elisabeth 'Betty' Baumgard in Elkton, Maryland, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1965 Gangster Ronald Kray aka Ronnie Kray marries Elisabeth 'Betty' Baumgard in St. James's Church, Saint James's Avenue, Bethnal Green, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 51 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1965 38-year-old Serial killer Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for burglary in Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, Washington, United States.

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(x) 48 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1968 123 die in SuidAfrikaanse Lugdiens Boeing 707 Flight 228 crash in Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. The plane just took off from Strijdom International Airport. Subsequent investigation determined that the accident was attributable to pilot error.

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(x) 46 years ago Monday 20th of April 1970 Unidentified serial killer Zodiac sends a diagram how to blow up a schoolbus to the San Francisco Chronicle in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(x) 38 years ago Thursday 20th of April 1978 49-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate escapes from the St. Paul mental hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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(x) 36 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1980 26-year-old Double murderer James David Autry aka Cowboy shoots a 43 year old convenience store clerk Shirley Drouet between the eyes with a .38 caliber pistol causing her death in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. Autry had been arguing with her about the price of a six pack of beer. Two witnesses were also shot in the head. 43 year old Joe Broussard, a former Roman Catholic priest, who died instantly, and Anthanasios Svarnas, a Greek seaman who survived the gunshot with serious injuries.

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(x) 28 years ago Wednesday 20th of April 1988 Albrecht Dürer's 'Lamentation for Christ', 'Paumgartner Altar' and 'Mater Dolarosa' are attacked with acid by 51-year-old Art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Alte Pinakothek, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 25 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1991 Musician Steve Stephen Peter Marriott known from the Small Faces dies in a fire due to smoking in bed while falling asleep at his 16th century thatched cottage at the age of 44 in Arkesden, Essex, United Kingdom. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death by smoke inhalation was recorded. Marriott's blood was found to contain quantities of Valium, alcohol and cocaine.

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(-) 12 years ago She Had a Tumor Tuesday 20th of April 2004 Musician Lizzy Martine-Elisabeth Mercier Descloux dies of cancer at the age of 48 in Saint-Florent, Corsica, France.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 20th of April 2005 Semi-automated vending modes on a market in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

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