31st year - N° 244 Wednesday, 31 August 2016

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31st year - N° 244 Wednesday, 31 August 2016

31 August / Today's 13 Events:

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(-) 149 years ago Saturday 31st of August 1867 Poet and art critic Charles Pierre Baudelaire known for ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ dies of paresis of the brain due to syphilis at the age of 46 in 1 Rue du Dôme, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 128 years ago She Was Jack's First Friday 31st of August 1888 Mary Ann Nichols, originally Walker aka Polly is throatcut by unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper in Buck's Row, Whitechapel, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Nichols' throat had been slit twice from left to right and her abdomen mutilated with one deep jagged wound, several incisions across the abdomen and three or four similar cuts on the right side caused by the same knife at least 15–20 cm long used violently and downwards.

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(+) 110 years ago Friday 31st of August 1906 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Wilhelm Schulze is born in Godshorn, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 83 years ago Thursday 31st of August 1933 Philosopher Theodor Lessing is assassinated by Sudeten German Nazi sympathizers at the age of 61 in Mariánské Lázně, Karlovarský Kraj, Czechoslovakia. Lessing was shot through a window of the villa where he lived on the night before by Rudolf Max Eckert, Rudolf Zischka and Karl Hönl. In June it was reported in Sudeten newspapers that a reward had been announced for Lessing's capture.

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(+) 81 years ago Saturday 31st of August 1935 Minister of Information of the Black Panthers Eldridge Leroy Cleaver known for Soul on Ice is born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, United States.

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(+) 80 years ago Monday 31st of August 1936 Murderer Georges Rapin aka Monsieur Bill is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 47 years ago Sunday 31st of August 1969 Serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan aka American Gigolo/American Psycho is born in National City, California, United States.

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(-) 43 years ago Friday 31st of August 1973 Film director John Ford, originally John Martin 'Jack' Feeney dies of stomach cancer at the age of 78 in Palm Desert, California, United States.

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(-) 33 years ago Wednesday 31st of August 1983 Ralph Calise is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 31 years ago Saturday 31st of August 1985 25-year-old Serial killer Richard Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez aka The Night Stalker is recognized and chased by members of the Hispanic community Jose Burgoin and Faustino Pinon, beaten up and finally arrested by a patrolman named Ramirez in 3700 Hubbard Street, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 31st of August 2001 A view on the North Sea from atop the highest building in Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 14 years ago Saturday 31st of August 2002 Musician and bandleader Lionel Leo Hampton aka Gates aka Hamp dies of heart failure at the age of 94 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 11 years ago Wednesday 31st of August 2005 46-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Vel' with Tim Vanhamel in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. With Tim Vanhamel I made a Noise performance about 'Thaipoosam', a Hindi religious festival I attended in the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

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31st year - N° 243 Tuesday, 30 August 2016

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31st year - N° 243 Tuesday, 30 August 2016

30 August / Today's 15 Events:

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(+) 219 years ago Wednesday 30th of August 1797 Writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, originally Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin known her novel Frankenstein is born in The Polygon, Somers Town, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 133 years ago Thursday 30th of August 1883 Artist and architect Theo van Doesburg, originally Christian Emil Marie Küpper is born in Teelingstraat 13, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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(x) 98 years ago Friday 30th of August 1918 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, originally Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov is shot by revolutionary Fanya Kaplan aka The Woman Who Tried to Kill Lenin in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. Kaplan approached Lenin at his automobile after a meeting at the Former Michelson Works; he was resting a foot on the running board as he spoke with a woman. Kaplan called to Lenin, and when he turned to face her she shot at him three times. The first bullet struck his arm, the second bullet his jaw and neck, and the third missed him, wounding the woman with whom he was speaking. The wounds felled him and he became unconscious."My name is Fanya Kaplan. Today I shot at Lenin. I did i t on my own. I will not say from whom I obtained my revolver. I will give no details. I had resolved to kill Lenin long ago. I consider him a traitor to the Revolution."

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(-) 81 years ago Friday 30th of August 1935 Writer Henri Barbusse dies of pneumonia at the age of 62 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 77 years ago He Was Not Unlistenable Wednesday 30th of August 1939 Disc jockey, radio presenter and journalist John Peel, originally John Robert Parker Ravenscroft is born in Heswall Cottage Hospital, Heswall, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

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(+) 68 years ago He Was a Gifted Child Monday 30th of August 1948 Deputy chairman of the Black Panthers Fred Hampton is born in Summit, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Sunday 30th of August 1970 Amateur filmmaker Abraham Zapruder known for his JFK Assassination Movie dies of stomach cancer at the age of 65 in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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(x) 41 years ago Saturday 30th of August 1975 29-year-old Serial killer Ted Theodore Robert Bundy aka The Only Living Witness is baptised in the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Bundy later converted to Hinduism while on death row.

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(-) 37 years ago Thursday 30th of August 1979 Actress Jean Dorothy Seberg commits suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol at the age of 41 in Rue du Général-Appert, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Seberg was found on 8 September 1979 in the backseat of her white Renault 5.

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(+) 34 years ago Monday 30th of August 1982 School shooter Kip Kinkel aka The Thurston High School Shooter is born in Springfield, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 25 years ago Ses Méta Matics Arrêtés Friday 30th of August 1991 Artist Jean Tinguely dies of heart failure at the age of 66 in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.

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(-) 22 years ago Tuesday 30th of August 1994 Film director Lindsay Gordon Anderson dies of unknown causes at the age of 71 in Angoulème, Poitou-Charentes, France.

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(-) 21 years ago Wednesday 30th of August 1995 Musician Sterling Holmes Morrison known from The Velvet Underground dies of lymphoma at the age of 53 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.

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(-) 12 years ago Monday 30th of August 2004 Self-trepanation pioneer Bart Hugo Huges dies of a heart disease at the age of 70 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 9 years ago Thursday 30th of August 2007 The California Board of Prison Terms denies parole to 58-year-old Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States. It was Van Houten's 18th unsuccessful application.

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31st year - N° 242 Monday, 29 August 2016

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31st year - N° 242 Monday, 29 August 2016

29 August / Today's 15 Events:

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(+) 154 years ago Friday 29th of August 1862 Poet and writer Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck is born in Peperstraat 6, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(+) 145 years ago Tuesday 29th of August 1871 The longest ever living woman in the USA Emma Broadwater is born in Magothy, Maryland, United States.

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(+) 101 years ago Sunday 29th of August 1915 Actress Ingrid Bergman is born in Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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(+) 96 years ago Sunday 29th of August 1920 Musician Charlie Parker aka Bird is born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 93 years ago Wednesday 29th of August 1923 Actor Richard Samuel Attenborough is born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 86 years ago Friday 29th of August 1930 Oxford don William Archibald Spooner known for Spoonerism dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 78 years ago Monday 29th of August 1938 Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch is born in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 74 years ago Saturday 29th of August 1942 Musician Sterling Holmes Morrison known from The Velvet Underground is born in East Meadow, New York, United States.

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(-) 73 years ago Sunday 29th of August 1943 Murderess Mildred Mary Bolton commits suicide by cutting her wrists with a pair of scissors at the age of 57 in Dwight Correctional Center, 23813 E. 3200 North Road, Nevada Township, Dwight, Illinois, United States. Bolton was the first woman ever sentenced to the electric chair in Cook County.

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(+) 58 years ago Friday 29th of August 1958 Singer-songwriter and actor Michael Joseph Jackson aka The King of Pop is born in 2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Indiana, United States.

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(x) 57 years ago Saturday 29th of August 1959 34-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey rapes an unidentified girl in Grouville, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(-) 45 years ago Sunday 29th of August 1971 Kidnapper and murderer Nathan Freudenthal Leopold aka The Perfect Murderer dies of a diabetes-related heart attack at the age of 67 in Adjuntas, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Leopold's corneas were donated.

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(-) 39 years ago He Called for Joseph Monday 29th of August 1977 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brigham Young dies of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix at the age of 176 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Young's last words were "Joseph! Joseph! Joseph!", invoking the name of the late Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon faith.

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(-) 34 years ago Sunday 29th of August 1982 Actress Ingrid Bergman dies of breast cancer at the age of 67 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 24 years ago Saturday 29th of August 1992 Psychotherapist, philosopher and semiologist Félix Pierre Guattari dies of a heart attack at the age of 62 in Clinique de La Borde, 120 Route de Tour en Sologne, Cour-Cheverny, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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31st year - N° 241 Sunday, 28 August 2016

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31st year - N° 241 Sunday, 28 August 2016

28 August / Today's 4 Events:

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(+) 267 years ago Thursday 28th of August 1749 Poet, writer and botanist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is born in Goethe Haus, 23 Großer Hirschgraben, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

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(+) 113 years ago Friday 28th of August 1903 Psychologist and writer Bruno Bettelheim is born in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 103 years ago Thursday 28th of August 1913 Murderer August Sangret aka The Wigwam Murderer is born in Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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(-) 29 years ago Friday 28th of August 1987 Film director John Marcellus Huston dies of emphysema at the age of 81 in Middletown, Rhode Island, United States.

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31st year - N° 240 Saturday, 27 August 2016

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31st year - N° 240 Saturday, 27 August 2016

27 August / Today's 18 Events:

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(+) 246 years ago Monday 27th of August 1770 Philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is born in Eberhardstraße 53, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 145 years ago Sunday 27th of August 1871 Naturalist writer Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser known for An American Tragedy is born in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 126 years ago Wednesday 27th of August 1890 Artist Man Ray, originally Emmanuel Radnitzky is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 123 years ago Sunday 27th of August 1893 Carpenter and inventor Peter Mitterhofer known for inventing the typewriter dies of natural causes at the age of 71 in Partschins, Südtirol, Austria.

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(x) 110 years ago Monday 27th of August 1906 0-year-old Murderer and body snatcher Ed Edward Theodore Gein aka America's Most Bizarre Murderer is baptised in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States.

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(+) 108 years ago Thursday 27th of August 1908 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Baynes Johnson is born in Stonewall, Texas, United States.

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(-) 104 years ago Tuesday 27th of August 1912 The 77-year-old father of 43-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais commits suicide by hanging in Bois de Boulogne, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Julien-Alexandre Sylvain Landru could not stand the disgrace due to his son's criminal activities and prison sentences any longer.

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(-) 95 years ago Saturday 27th of August 1921 Serial killer Friedrich Schumann aka Der Massenmörder vom Falkenhager See is executed by beheading at the age of 28 in Strafgefängnis Plötzensee, Plötzensee, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. His last meal request was for "Bouletten mit Teltower Rübchen und zum Nachtisch ein schön suppiges Grieß-flammeri mit Blaubeer-Kompott. Zudem gab es eine richtige Weiße mit Schuss, serviert im Weißbierglas." After his last meal he confessed to 14 more murders, bringing his total to 25.

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(+) 87 years ago He Was Beatrice's Baby Tuesday 27th of August 1929 Writer Ira Marvin Levin known for Rosemary’s Baby is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 79 years ago Friday 27th of August 1937 Serial killer Vladimir Ionesyan aka Mosgaz aka Iwan the Axeman is born in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ionesyan is considered to be Russia's first serial killer.

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(x) 52 years ago He Just Wanted to See What it Felt Like Thursday 27th of August 1964 16-year-old Serial killer Edmund Emil Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer shoots his grandparents Maude Matilda Hughey and Edmund Emil Kemper in North Fork, California, United States. When questioned Kemper said that he "just wanted to see what it felt like to kill Grandma".

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(+) 52 years ago Thursday 27th of August 1964 Serial killer Paul Kenneth Bernardo aka The Scarborough Rapist aka The Schoolgirl Killer is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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(-) 38 years ago Sunday 27th of August 1978 Artist Gordon Matta-Clark, originally Gordon Roberto Echaurren Matta dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 35 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 27 years ago Sunday 27th of August 1989 33-year-old Serial killer groupie Veronica Ver Lyn Compton marries 60-year-old James P. Wallace, a retired Eastern Washington University (EWU) professor in Washington Corrections Center for Women, 9601 Bujacich Rd., Gig Harbor, Washington, United States. Compton and Wallace were granted conjugal visits and in 1993, she gave birth to a daughter at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. She returned to prison while Wallace and Compton's mother cared for the baby.

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(x) 21 years ago Sunday 27th of August 1995 36-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Marteling van de Heilige Erasmus' in Kapel van de Romaanse Poort, Brusselsestraat 63, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. The audience entered the space through a glass door. Then I tied a thin rope to the outside of the door lay down on the ground and tied my feet to two posts on the street. The other end of the rope I swallowed. The performance stopped when someone opened the door from the inside.

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9 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 27th of August 2007 The house where on 14 May 1970 Ulrike Meinhof assisted in the freeing of Andreas Baader with Gudrun Ensslin, Irene Goergens and Ingrid Schubert, and jumped in the underground through this window in Deutsches Zentralinstitut für Soziale Fragen, Miquelstraße 83, Dahlem, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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9 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 27th of August 2007 The location of a 1940s crime scene of serial killer Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder in Betriebsbahnhof, Rummelsburg, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(-) 3 years ago He Was Terminated Tuesday 27th of August 2013 Serial killer Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko aka The Terminator aka Citizen O dies of heart failure at the age of 54 in Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

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