31st year - N° 139 Wednesday, 18 May 2016

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
31st year - N° 139 Wednesday, 18 May 2016

18 May / Today's 9 Events:

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(+) 135 years ago Wednesday 18th of May 1881 Architect Walter Adolph Georg Gropius known for founding the Bauhaus School is born in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 89 years ago Wednesday 18th of May 1927 Serial killer Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer is born in Fargo, North Dakota, United States.

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(x) 80 years ago She Couldn't Take His Body with Her Monday 18th of May 1936 31-year-old Geisha, prostitute, actress and murderess Sada Abe strangles her lover Kichizo Ishida and cuts off his penis and testicles in Ogu, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. "Because I couldn't take his head or body with me. I wanted to take the part of him that brought back to me the most vivid memories."

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(-) 74 years ago Monday 18th of May 1942 Gladys Hosking is strangled by serial killer Edward Leonski aka The Singing Strangler in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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(x) 63 years ago Monday 18th of May 1953 The body of Beryl Evans is exhumed to establish wether 54-year-old Serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place had indeed murdered her, in Gunnersbury Cemetery, 143 Gunnersbury Avenue, Acton, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 56 years ago He Was Mummy's Boy Wednesday 18th of May 1960 Spree killer and mass murderer Michael Robert Ryan aka The Rambo Killer is born in Savernake Hospital, Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 47 years ago Sunday 18th of May 1969 Triple murderer Sean Richard Sellers aka The Schoolboy Night Stalker aka The Night Roomer is born in Corcoran, California, United States.

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(-) 36 years ago Sunday 18th of May 1980 Musician Ian Kevin Curtis known from Joy Division commits suicide by hanging at the age of 23 in 77 Barton Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom. Curtis had just viewed Werner Herzog's film 'Stroszek' and listened to Iggy Pop's album 'The Idiot'.

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9 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 18th of May 2007 An easy step for dogs in a shop window while scoring all kinds of useful artefacts for a performance in Kulttuuritalo Annis, Annankatu 6, Pori, Satakunta, Finland.

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