31st year - N° 94 Sunday, 3 April 2016

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31st year - N° 94 Sunday, 3 April 2016

3 April / Today's 14 Events:

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(x) 186 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1830 18-year-old Foundling Kaspar Hauser aka The Wild Child is found bleeding from a wound to the right side of his head in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Hauser quickly revived and stated that he climbed on a chair to get some books, the chair fell and while trying to hold on to something he accidentally tore down a pistol hanging on the wall, causing a shot to go off.

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(+) 153 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1863 Painter, architect and interior designer Henry Clemens Van de Velde is born in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(+) 108 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1908 Serial killer Bruno Lüdke is born in Köpenick, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 92 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1924 Actress, singer and animal rights activist Doris Day, originally Doris Von Kappelhoff is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 92 years ago He Was a Wild One Thursday 3rd of April 1924 Actor and film director Marlon Brando aka The Godfather is born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(x) 86 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1930 Frau Hau is attacked by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Hofgarten, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 80 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1936 Kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Trenton State Prison, Trenton, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 54 years ago Tuesday 3rd of April 1962 Serial killer Roberto Succo aka L'Assassino della Luna Piena aka Il Mostro di Mestre aka Roberto il Folle is born in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(+) 54 years ago She Waited until Tuesday Tuesday 3rd of April 1962 Murderess Brenda Spencer known for Not Liking Mondays is born in San Diego, California, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1965 28-year-old Horst Otto is released from prison after serving 5 years for the murder of Manuela Knodt in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Knodt was actually killed by Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale.

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(x) 46 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1970 40-year-old Writer James Graham Ballard opens his 'Crashed Cars' exhibition in Institute for Research in Art and Technology, Gordon Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. The wrecks of a white Pontiac, a Mini and an Austin Cambridge A60 were on show while a topless woman interviewed guests about their reactions.

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(x) 42 years ago She became Tania Wednesday 3rd of April 1974 20-year-old Newspaper heiress, kidnap victim and member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Patty Patricia Campbell Hearst announces on an audiotape that she joined the Symbionese Liberation Army and assumed the name 'Tania' in San Francisco, California, United States. 'Tania' was inspired by the nom de guerre of Che Guevara's comrade Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider.

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(x) 35 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1981 22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Lift Off' with Etat Brut at the Underground on Stage festival in Beursschouwburg, Auguste Ortsstraat 22, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. During a concert by Etat Brut I was standing before a filmscreen and threw my right leg as high as I could several times. To my left foot a rope was fastened at which somebody pulled at a non-defined moment. I suffered a concussion of the brain.

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(x) 20 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 1996 54-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber is arrested in his forest cabin in Unabomber Cabin, Lincoln, Montana, United States.

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