Saturday, February 16, 2019

34th year - N° 47 Saturday, 16 February 2019

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34th year - N° 47 Saturday, 16 February 2019

16 February / Today's 27 Events:
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171 years ago

Wednesday 16th of February 1848

Writer Octave Mirbeau known for Le Jardin des Supplices is born in Trévières, Basse-Normandie, France.


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120 years ago Il Voulait être César, Il ne fut que Pompée

Thursday 16th of February 1899

7th President of France Félix François Faure dies suddenly from apoplexy while having sex with 30-year-old Marguerite Steinheil at the age of 50 in Palais de l'Élysée, 55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

It has been widely reported that Faure had his fatal seizure while Steinheil was fellating him but the exact nature of their sexual intercourse is in fact unknown. Steinheil was later suspected of the murder of her husband and stepmother.


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102 years ago

Friday 16th of February 1917

Writer Octave Mirbeau known for Le Jardin des Supplices dies of unknown causes at the age of 69 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.


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96 years ago

Friday 16th of February 1923

49-year-old Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter known for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun opens the sealed doorway of KV62 and gets his first glimpse of the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in KV62, Valley of the Kings, Thebe, Egypt.


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93 years ago

Tuesday 16th of February 1926

Film and stage director John Richard Schlesinger is born in Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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84 years ago

Saturday 16th of February 1935

Musician and born-again politician Sonny Salvatore Phillip Bono known from Sonny & Cher is born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.


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77 years ago The Light Went Out for Him

Monday 16th of February 1942

28-year-old Serial killer Gordon Frederick Cummins aka The Blackout Ripper is arrested in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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77 years ago

Monday 16th of February 1942

Second Supreme Leader of North Korea Jong-il Kim is born in Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Kim Jong-il's official biography states he was born in a secret military camp on Paektu Mountain in Japanese-occupied Korea.


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71 years ago

Monday 16th of February 1948

Spree killer James Edward Pough aka Pop is born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.


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65 years ago

Tuesday 16th of February 1954

Mass murderer Hastings Arthur Wise is born in Aiken, South Carolina, United States.

Wise's mother died right after giving birth.


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65 years ago

Tuesday 16th of February 1954

Triple murderer John Donald Merrett aka Ronald Chesney commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 46 in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Merrett shot his 55-year-old mother Bertha on 17 March 1926, she died on 1 April. Charged with murder and forgery the jury returned a verdict of not proven in February 1927. In 1954 he strangled his 43-year-old wife Veronica Bonnar and drowned her 72-year-old mother Lady Mary Menzies.


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64 years ago

Wednesday 16th of February 1955

100 die in elderly home for Catholics fire in Yokohama, Kantō, Japan.


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61 years ago War es Sein Letzte Tod

Sunday 16th of February 1958

Serial killer Rudolf Pleil aka Der Großten Todmacher commits suicide by hanging with a towel at the age of 34 in Justizvollzugsanstalt Celle, Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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57 years ago

Friday 16th of February 1962

Musician John 'Jhonn' Balance, originally Geoffrey Laurence Burton, later Geoff(rey) Rushton known from the experimental music group Coil is born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.


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56 years ago

Saturday 16th of February 1963

Constance Lucy Madrill is raped and strangled by serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke aka The Australian Nightmare in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.


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54 years ago

Tuesday 16th of February 1965

Bridget 'Bridie' O'Hara aka Bridget Moore is found naked and choked to death by unidentified serial killer Jack the Stripper in Heron Trading Estate, Acton, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

O'Hara had been missing since 11 January. She was the last known victim of Jack the Stripper.


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47 years ago Her Photofit Was Extremely Accurate

Wednesday 16th of February 1972

Leslie Richardson is attacked by multiple murderer Donald Neilson aka The Black Panther in Rochdale Road, Heywood, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

A photofit of Neilson made by sub-postmistress Margaret Grayland was extremely accurate.


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41 years ago

Thursday 16th of February 1978

William Kindred aka Billy Shotgun is strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Kindred was the last victim that was buried in the crawl space under Gacy's house. Running out of space he dumped his next victims in the Des Plaines River.


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41 years ago

Thursday 16th of February 1978

Cindy Lee Hudspeth is abducted, raped and strangled by serial killer Kenneth Bianchi aka The Hillside Strangler in 703 East Colorado Street, Glendale, California, United States.

Hudspeth's body was put into the trunk of her Datsun and was pushed off a cliff on Angeles Crest Highway.


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40 years ago

Friday 16th of February 1979

Ljuba Smarovas is raped and strangled by serial killer Metod Trobec aka The Monster of Dolenja Vas in Kočevska Reka, Carniola, Yugoslavia.


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24 years ago It Was a Lie, a Lie, a Lie

Thursday 16th of February 1995

Murderer Billy Conn Gardner is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Gardner's sister Barbara Gray stumbled out of the building after watching her brother gasp and jerk and die. "Don't let anyone tell you this is a peaceful way to die," she said. "It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie."


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20 years ago

Tuesday 16th of February 1999

Triple murderer Johnie Michael Cox is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.


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20 years ago

Tuesday 16th of February 1999

Triple murderer Andrew Flores Cantu is executed by lethal injection at the age of 32 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.


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19 years ago

Wednesday 16th of February 2000

Cop killer Anthony Lee Chaney is executed by lethal injection at the age of 46 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

Chaney's last meal request was for two over-easy eggs, four slices of bacon, coffee, one pint of vanilla ice cream, one can of peaches and strawberry jam.



13 years ago The Eyes had it

Thursday 16th of February 2006

Harry Heirmans making a large wrapped ball containing all that remained from my Chinese Village installation at Factor 44 in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.


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4 years ago She Cried Because She Wanted to

Monday 16th of February 2015

Singer Lesley Gore, originally Lesley Sue Goldstein dies of lung cancer at the age of 69 in Langone Medical Center, New York City, New York, United States.


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2 years ago

Thursday 16th of February 2017

Arte Povera artist Jannis Kounellis dies of unknown causes at the age of 81 in Villa Mafalda, Via del Monte delle Gioie 5, Rome, Lazio, Italy.


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