Sunday, August 23, 2020

35th year - N° 236 Sunday, 23 August 2020

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35th year - N° 236 Sunday, 23 August 2020

23 August / Today's 27 Events:
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266 years ago

Friday 23rd of August 1754

King of France and Navarre Louis XVI, originally Louis-Auguste de France is born in Palais de Versailles, Versailles, Île-de-France, France.


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122 years ago

Tuesday 23rd of August 1898

Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist dies of unknown causes at the age of 65 in Essonnes, Île-de-France, France.


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108 years ago He Was an American in Pittsburgh

Friday 23rd of August 1912

Dancer, actor, singer, film director and choreographer Gene Eugene Curran Kelly is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.


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94 years ago The Sheik Lapsed in a Coma

Monday 23rd of August 1926

Actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino, originally Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla aka Latin Lover dies of pleurisy at the age of 31 in Polyclinic Hospital, 345 West 50th Street, New York City, New York, United States.


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93 years ago

Tuesday 23rd of August 1927

Anarchist Nicola Sacco is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 36 in Charlestown State Prison, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.


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93 years ago

Tuesday 23rd of August 1927

Anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 39 in Charlestown State Prison, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.


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91 years ago

Friday 23rd of August 1929

Actress Vera Miles, originally Vera June Ralston is born in Boise City, Oklahoma, United States.


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84 years ago

Sunday 23rd of August 1936

Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death is born in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.


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74 years ago

Friday 23rd of August 1946

Drummer Keith John Moon known from the band The Who is born in Central Middlesex Hospital, Wembley, Middlesex, United Kingdom.


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71 years ago

Tuesday 23rd of August 1949

Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.


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68 years ago

Saturday 23rd of August 1952

Gangster Yvan Somville is born in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium.


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62 years ago

Saturday 23rd of August 1958

Artist and radical lesbian Marlow Marjorie Jewel Moss dies of cancer at the age of 69 in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.


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50 years ago He Was Named after a River

Sunday 23rd of August 1970

Actor and musician River Phoenix, originally River Jude Bottom is born in Madras, Oregon, United States.

Phoenix's parents named him after the river of life from the Hermann Hesse novel 'Siddhartha' and he received his middle name from the Beatles' song 'Hey Jude'.


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46 years ago

Friday 23rd of August 1974

Kathie Sue Pearce is strangled by serial killer Paul John Knowles aka The Casanova Killer in Musella, Georgia, United States.

Knowles left Pearce's three-year-old sun physically unharmed.


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45 years ago They Danced to the Radio

Saturday 23rd of August 1975

Musician Ian Kevin Curtis known from Joy Division is strangled by serial killer Paul John Knowles aka The Casanova Killer in St Thomas' Church, Henbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom.


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38 years ago

Monday 23rd of August 1982

Juvenile child killer Robert Thompson known for the murder of James Bulger is born in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.


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31 years ago

Wednesday 23rd of August 1989

Psychiatrist Ronald David Laing, originally R. D. Laing dies of a heart attack at the age of 62 in .


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20 years ago

Wednesday 23rd of August 2000

Triple murderer David Earl Gibbs is executed by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.


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20 years ago

Wednesday 23rd of August 2000

143 die in Gulf Air Flight 072 Airbus A320-212 crash in Bahrein International Airport, Muharraq, Bahrein.


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18 years ago

Friday 23rd of August 2002

Noise music band Club Moral play their 89th concert in Stubnitz, Graaf Visartkaai, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.



18 years ago The Eyes had it

Friday 23rd of August 2002

Party time after our Club Moral music performance on the Stubnitz in Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


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15 years ago

Tuesday 23rd of August 2005

Murderer Robert Alan Shields is executed by lethal injection at the age of 30 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.


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14 years ago

Wednesday 23rd of August 2006

18-year-old Natascha Maria Kampusch aka The Girl in the Cellar escapes after being held in captivity for over 8 years by Wolfgang Přiklopil in Heinestrasse 60, Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Niederösterreich, Austria.


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14 years ago

Wednesday 23rd of August 2006

Kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil commits suicide by throwing himself before a Wiener S-Bahn train at the age of 44 in Praterstern Station, Wien, Wien, Austria.


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13 years ago

Thursday 23rd of August 2007

Murderer Kozo Segawa is executed by hanging at the age of 60 in Nagoya, Chūbu, Japan.


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13 years ago

Thursday 23rd of August 2007

Triple murderer Hifumi Takezawa is executed by hanging at the age of 69 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.


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13 years ago

Thursday 23rd of August 2007

Murderer Yoshio Iwamoto is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.


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