36th year - N° 208 Tuesday, 27 July 2021

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
36th year - N° 208 Tuesday, 27 July 2021

27 July / Today's 25 Events:

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(+) 253 years ago Wednesday 27th of July 1768 Assassin Charlotte Corday aka l'Ange de l'Assassinat known for the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat in his bath is born in Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries, Écorches, Basse-Normandie, France.

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(-) 201 years ago Thursday 27th of July 1820 Murderer Stephen Sullivan aka The Colleen Bawn Murderer is executed by hanging in Limerick, Munster, Ireland.

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(-) 118 years ago Monday 27th of July 1903 Black murderess Jennie Steers is lynched for supposedly giving 16 year-old white teenager Elizabeth Dolan a glass of poisoned lemonade in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

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(+) 114 years ago Saturday 27th of July 1907 Actor Ross Alexander, originally Alexander Ross Smith is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 107 years ago Monday 27th of July 1914 Victim of Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder Elfriede Franke is born in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 104 years ago Friday 27th of July 1917 Actor André Bourvil, originally André Robert Raimbourg is born in Prétot-Vicquemare, Haute-Normendie, France.

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(-) 101 years ago Tuesday 27th of July 1920 Murderer Arthur Andrew Clement Goslett is executed by hanging by John Ellis at the age of 44 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Goslett battered to death and drowned his 43-year-old wife Evelyn at Weston Avenue, Golder's Green, London on 1 May.

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(+) 92 years ago Saturday 27th of July 1929 Sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard is born in Reims, Marne, France.

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(x) 81 years ago Saturday 27th of July 1940 Gertrud Nieswandt is stabbed in the neck and thigh by serial killer Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder in Rummelsburg, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Nieswandt survived.

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(-) 75 years ago Saturday 27th of July 1946 Writer Gertrude Stein dies of stomach cancer at the age of 72 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 66 years ago Wednesday 27th of July 1955 58 die in El Al Flight 402 Lockheed L-149 Constellation crash in Petrich, Oblast Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The plane strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was shot down by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters.

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(+) 65 years ago Friday 27th of July 1956 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Birgit Elisabeth Hogefeld is born in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.

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(-) 52 years ago He Was Uncooperative Sunday 27th of July 1969 Gary Allen Hinman is stabbed to death by criminal hippy gang the Manson Family in 964 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga, California, United States. Family members Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner and Susan Atkins to Hinman's home to convince him to join the Family and turn over the assets Manson thought Hinman had inherited. The three held the uncooperative Hinman hostage for two days, during which time Manson arrived with a sword and slashed his ear. After that Beausoleil stabbed Hinman to death. Before leaving the Topanga Canyon residence Beausoleil or one of the women used Hinman's blood to write "Political piggy" on the wall and to draw a panther paw, a Black Panther symbol.

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(-) 51 years ago He Ruled in Privacy Monday 27th of July 1970 Dictator and Prime Minister of Portugal António de Oliveira Salazar dies of kidney failure at the age of 81 in Lisboa, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Portugal. In 1968 Salazar suffered a brain hemorrhage and lapsed into a coma. Most sources maintain that it occurred when he fell from a chair in his summer house. In February 2009 though there were anonymous witnesses who admitted after some investigation into Salazar's best-kept secrets that he had fallen in a bath instead of from a chair. As he was expected to die shortly after his fall, President Américo Tomás replaced him with Marcello Caetano. Despite the injury Salazar lived for a further two years. When he unexpected ly recovered lucidity his intimates did not tell him he had been removed from power, instead allowing him to 'rule' in privacy until his death.

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(+) 50 years ago Tuesday 27th of July 1971 Triple murderer Shannon Charles Thomas is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(+) 41 years ago Sunday 27th of July 1980 Race car driver and TV personality Jessi Jessica M. Combs aka the fastest woman on four wheels is born in Rockerville, South Dakota, United States.

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(-) 41 years ago Sunday 27th of July 1980 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi dies of chronic lymphocytic leukemia at the age of 61 in Caïro, Al Qahirah, Egypt. Pahlavi kept a bag of Iranian soil under his death bed.

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(-) 37 years ago Friday 27th of July 1984 Actor James Neville Mason dies of a heart attack at the age of 75 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

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(x) 33 years ago Wednesday 27th of July 1988 32-year-old Serial killer groupie Veronica Ver Lyn Compton escapes by using bolt cutters to cut through the fences of the medium-security facility in Washington Corrections Center for Women, 9601 Bujacich Rd., Gig Harbor, Washington, United States. Compton was recaptured in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona nine days later.

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(x) 19 years ago Saturday 27th of July 2002 77 die in Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 crash and explosion in Sknyliv airfield, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. More than 10.000 spectators attended the air show staged to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Ukrainian Air Force's 14th Air Corps. The Su-27 aircraft entered a rolling maneuver with a downward trajectory at low altitude. It rolled upright once more and was still descending rapidly when the left wing dropped shortly before it hit the ground. 543 people were injured, 100 of whom were hospitalised. Both pilots survived with minor injuries.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 27th of July 2003 A Malay man making his pick on a well stocked stall of spicy peppers in Chow Kit Market, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(-) 18 years ago Sunday 27th of July 2003 Comedian, actor, singer and dancer Bob Hope, originally Leslie Townes Hope dies of natural causes at the age of 100 in Toluca Lake, California, United States.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 27th of July 2006 51˚ on AMVK's balcony in Helmstedter Straße 27, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(x) 14 years ago Friday 27th of July 2007 Noise music band Club Moral play their 128th concert as The Parts in Sasmeesterswoning, Oosterweelsteenweg 3, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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2 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 27th of July 2019 Two holding cells in Ramatuelle, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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