31st year - N° 124 Tuesday, 3 May 2016

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
31st year - N° 124 Tuesday, 3 May 2016

3 May / Today's 14 Events:

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(+) 547 years ago Monday 3rd of May 1469 Political philosopher and poet Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli aka The Prince is born in Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

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(+) 118 years ago Tuesday 3rd of May 1898 Teacher, kibbutznik and politician Golda Meyerson Meir, originally Golda Mabovitch is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(+) 112 years ago Tuesday 3rd of May 1904 Singer and actor Bing Harry Lillis Crosby is born in 1112 North J Street, Tacoma, Washington, United States.

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(+) 82 years ago Il Était un Métèque Thursday 3rd of May 1934 Singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki, originally Giuseppe Mustacchi is born in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.

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(+) 76 years ago Friday 3rd of May 1940 Sound engineer and producer Conny Konrad Plank is born in Hütschenhausen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(+) 66 years ago Wednesday 3rd of May 1950 Self-proclaimed prophet and cult leader Jeffrey Don Lundgren aka The Volunteer is born in Independence, Missouri, United States.

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(x) 37 years ago Thursday 3rd of May 1979 50-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is arrested posing as Ron Springer for the assault of 7-year-old Thomas Morton in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(x) 35 years ago Sunday 3rd of May 1981 22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'On a Sundaymorning' in Odessa Rood, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. In a closed off garage I made an installation on a sunday morning with loud noise music and slide-projections.

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(x) 34 years ago Monday 3rd of May 1982 36-year-old Serial killer Michel Bellen aka The Strangler of the Left Bank is released after serving 17 years of a life sentence in Centrale Gevangenis, Geldenaakse Vest, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Six months later Bellen strangled a woman in Leuven.

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(-) 25 years ago He Went to Eternity Friday 3rd of May 1991 Writer Jerzy Kosiński, originally Józef Lewinkopf commits suicide by ingesting a lethal amount of alcohol and drugs and wrapping a plastic bag around his head and suffocating to death at the age of 58 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. Kosiński suffered from multiple illnesses towards the end of his life and he was under attack from journalists who accused him of plagiarism. By his late 50s he was suffering from an irregular heartbeat as well as severe physical and nervous exhaustion. His parting note read: "I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity."

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11 years ago The Eyes had it

Tuesday 3rd of May 2005

A stuffed fox in the Natural History Museum in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

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(-) 10 years ago Wednesday 3rd of May 2006 Artist Karel Christiaan Appel dies of heart failure at the age of 85 in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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(x) 10 years ago Wednesday 3rd of May 2006 113 die in Armavia Airbus A320-211 Flight 967 crash in Sochi airport, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

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9 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 3rd of May 2007 Weird technical architectures for aerospace experiments in Aerodynamischer Park, Adlershof, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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