31st year - N° 129 Sunday, 8 May 2016

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31st year - N° 129 Sunday, 8 May 2016

8 May / Today's 14 Events:

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(-) 160 years ago Thursday 8th of May 1856 Murderer Francis Kol is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 30 in Kasteelplein, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. It was the last execution by the Guillotine in Antwerpen.

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(+) 132 years ago Thursday 8th of May 1884 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman is born in Lamar, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 113 years ago Friday 8th of May 1903 Actor and singer Fernandel, originally Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin is born in 72 Boulevard Chave, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 112 years ago He Was Laying Perfectly Still Sunday 8th of May 1904 Photographer Eadweard James Muybridge dies of prostate cancer at the age of 74 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 83 years ago Monday 8th of May 1933 64-year-old Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence starts his Third Anti-Untouchability Fast, for the improvement of Harijans' condition in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Gandhi's fast lasted for 21 days.

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(+) 72 years ago He Was Rock and Roll Parts One and Two Monday 8th of May 1944 Singer-songwriter Gary Glitter, originally Paul Francis Gadd aka Paul Raven, Rubber Bucket, Paul Monday or Paul Russell is born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 57 years ago Friday 8th of May 1959 Cop killer Ronald Henry Marwood is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 51 years ago Saturday 8th of May 1965 40-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 18 / Rumpsti Pumpsti (Schießscheibe oder Portrait in Farbringen)' in Perinetkeller, Perinetgasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 50 years ago Sunday 8th of May 1966 Victim of Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer Ervin Gibson is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 43 years ago Tuesday 8th of May 1973 After an occupation of 71 days by 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement, Wounded Knee is taken over by United States Government Forces in Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, United States.

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(x) 38 years ago Monday 8th of May 1978 42-year-old Gangster Jacques René Mesrine aka Public Enemy No. 1 escapes from prison with François Besse and Carman Rives in Prison de la Santé, 42 Rue de la Santé, XIVe, Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Mesrine and Besse were the first men to escape from La Santé. Rives was shot dead on the prison wall by police.

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(-) 26 years ago Tuesday 8th of May 1990 Composer Luigi Nono dies of unknown causes at the age of 66 in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(-) 17 years ago Saturday 8th of May 1999 Actor Dirk Bogarde, originally Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde dies of a heart attack at the age of 79 in Flat 11, 2-4 Cadogan Gardens, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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5 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 8th of May 2011 The setting for a Club Moral audio and video recording and subsequent installation by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in Station Nekkerspoel, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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