37th year - N° 164 Monday, 13 June 2022

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37th year - N° 164 Monday, 13 June 2022

13 June / Today's 25 Events:

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(-) 161 years ago Thursday 13th of June 1861 Would-be assassin Richard Lawrence known for attempting to shoot President Andrew Jackson dies of unknown causes at the age of 61 in St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. On 30 january 1835 Lawrence drew his pistol at President Andrew Jackson but his pistol - as well as a second one - misfired.

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(+) 157 years ago Tuesday 13th of June 1865 Poet William Butler Yeats aka W. B. Yeats is born in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland.

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(-) 136 years ago He Was Floating Sunday 13th of June 1886 King of Bavaria Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig II aka Der Märchenkönig dies of drowning at the age of 41 in Starnberger See, Berg, Bayern, Germany. Ludwig II took a walk with Professor Bernhard von Gudden, several hours later their bodies were found floating dead in the lake.

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(+) 112 years ago Monday 13th of June 1910 Moralist campaigner Mary Constance Whitehouse, originally Constance Mary Hutcheson is born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 87 years ago Thursday 13th of June 1935 Artist Javacheff Vladimirov Christo, originally Hristo Yavashev is born in Gabrovo, Gabrovo, Bulgaria.

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(x) 80 years ago Saturday 13th of June 1942 14-year-old Serial killer William George Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More is arrested after committing over 50 thrill-burglaries in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Heirens was sent to the Gibault Correctional School for Catholic Boys.

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(+) 79 years ago Sunday 13th of June 1943 Actor Malcolm McDowell, originally Malcolm John Taylor is born in Horsforth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 73 years ago Monday 13th of June 1949 Founder and main organizer of the Paris-Dakar rally Thierry Sabine is born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 53 years ago Friday 13th of June 1969 Founder of the Five-Percent Nation Clarence 13X, originally Clarence Edward Smith aka The Father is assassinated by three unidentified assailants at the age of 41 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Sunday 13th of June 1976 William Billy Carrol is strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago Monday 13th of June 1983 32-year-old Serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano, originally Paul Zeininger aka Blind Fury is sentenced to death for two murders in 251 N Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago Monday 13th of June 1983 Cindy Paulson is held captive, tortured, raped and sexually assaulted by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Paulson saw a chance to escape when Hansen was busy loading his airplane's cockpit.

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(-) 38 years ago Wednesday 13th of June 1984 Wendy Lynn Baribeault is abducted, raped and strangled by serial killer Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler in Lisbon, Connecticut, United States.

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(x) 37 years ago He Was Protesting Environmental Pollution Thursday 13th of June 1985 The painting 'King Philip IV of Spain' by Peter Paul Rubens is destroyed by arson in Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. The fire reduced the work to ashes, leaving only its Baroque frame. An unidentified man was arrested and said his reason for destroying this priceless work was to protest environmental pollution.

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(x) 37 years ago The Bomb Did not Explode Thursday 13th of June 1985 43-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber mails Bomb #9 to the Auburn Fabrication Division of the Boeing Company in Auburn, Washington in Oakland, California, United States. The bomb was not addressed to anyone so it sat for a while in the mail room. It was eventually partially opened by mail room employees who discovered the enclosed device. The bomb did not explode.

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(-) 36 years ago Friday 13th of June 1986 Musician and bandleader Benny Benjamin David Goodman aka The King of Swing dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Manhattan House, 200 East 66th Street, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 36 years ago Friday 13th of June 1986 27-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Ik Daag U Uit' with Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK at the Anti-Chambres exhibition in Fabriek voor Entartete Kunst, Drongensesteenweg 281, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. I was locked in an iron cage. While AMVK read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the cage by a rope. The sound of the iron cage dragging across the floor was electronically amplified.

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(x) 27 years ago Tuesday 13th of June 1995 Tenth bomb attack by 46-year-old Xenophobic serial bomber Franz Fuchs in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Fuchs' bomb injured politician Thomas Rother.

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(-) 25 years ago He Leaned His Head Down a Little Bit Friday 13th of June 1997 Murderer Michael Eugene Elkins is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Broad River Correctional Institution, Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Because Elkins' body had become swollen from liver and spleen problems it took nearly an hour to find a suitable vein for the insertion of the catheter. Elkins tried to assist the executioners asking "Should I lean my head down a little bit?" as they probed for a vein. After numerous failures a usable vein was finally found in Elkins' neck.

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(x) 24 years ago Saturday 13th of June 1998 64-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson, originally no name Maddox known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate is transferred back after serving time in Pelican Bay State Prison for peddling drugs to fellow inmates in Corcoran State Prison, Corcoran, California, United States.

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(-) 21 years ago He Got Out of There Wednesday 13th of June 2001 Triple murderer John Leslie Wheat is executed by lethal injection at the age of 57 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. At his execution Wheat uttered a Vietnamese word that prison officials said means "let's get out of here."

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(-) 20 years ago Thursday 13th of June 2002 Murderer Daniel Earl Reneau is executed by lethal injection at the age of 27 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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20 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 13th of June 2002 A forbidden photo during the trial of an artist against a Museum for Contemporary Art in Assisenhof, Britselei 55-57, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 19 years ago Friday 13th of June 2003 Triple murderer Joseph L. Trueblood is executed by lethal injection at the age of 47 in Indiana State Prison, 1 Park Row, Michigan City, Indiana, United States.

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(-) 5 years ago Tuesday 13th of June 2017 Actress, artist, model and muse of the Rolling Stones Anita Pallenberg dies of complications from hepatitis C at the age of 75 in Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom.

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