31st year - N° 259 Thursday, 15 September 2016

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31st year - N° 259 Thursday, 15 September 2016

15 September / Today's 16 Events:

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(x) 576 years ago Tuesday 15th of September 1440 35-year-old Baron, knight, companion-in-arms of Jeanne D'Arc and serial killer of children Gilles de Rais, originally Gilles de Montmorency-Laval aka Gilles de Retz is arrested in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. de Rais' bodyservants Étienne Corrillaut aka Poitou and Henriet were also arrested.

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(+) 159 years ago Tuesday 15th of September 1857 William Howard Taft is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 135 years ago Thursday 15th of September 1881 Automobile designer and manufacturer Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti is born in Milano, Lombardia, Italy.

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(+) 126 years ago She Could Fit in a Mousetrap Monday 15th of September 1890 Writer Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie known for creating Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple is born in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.

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(+) 122 years ago Saturday 15th of September 1894 Film director Jean Renoir is born in Pavillon 6, 13 Rue Girardon, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 105 years ago Elle Était Bonne Friday 15th of September 1911 Murderess Léa Papin is born in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France.

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(+) 101 years ago Wednesday 15th of September 1915 Cyclist Fausto Angelo Coppi, originally Il Campionissimo is born in Castellania, Piemonte, Italy.

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(+) 59 years ago Sunday 15th of September 1957 Victim of Dean Corll aka The Candyman Jerry Lynn Waldrop is born in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States.

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(x) 50 years ago Thursday 15th of September 1966 41-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Simultanaktion' at the 'Destruction In Art Symposium' in African Centre, 33 King Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 48 years ago Sunday 15th of September 1968 43-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Aktion nr. 49 / Pissaktion' in Occam-Studio, Occamstraße, Schwabing, München, Bayern, Germany. Muehl was wanted by the German police for public indecency after this performance.

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(x) 46 years ago Tuesday 15th of September 1970 The Radical Left Organisation the Weathermen helps 50-year-old Psychologist and writer Timothy Francis Leary known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs escape from prison where he had been locked up for four years for the possession of marihuana in California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo, California, United States. For a fee of $25.000 paid by The Brotherhood of Eternal Love, the Weathermen smuggled Leary out of the U.S. in a pickup truck.

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(-) 38 years ago Friday 15th of September 1978 Aircraft designer and manufacturer Willy Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in München, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 29 years ago Tuesday 15th of September 1987 Yuri Tereshonok is stabbed to death by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper in Leningrad, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 15th of September 2001 A room used as horse stables by the German Wehrmacht in Fort van Oelegem, Oelegem, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 12 years ago Wednesday 15th of September 2004 Musician Johnny Ramone, originally John William Cummings dies of prostate cancer at the age of 56 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 10 years ago Friday 15th of September 2006 Journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci dies of lung cancer at the age of 77 in Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

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