38th year - N° 275 Monday, 2 October 2023

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38th year - N° 275 Monday, 2 October 2023

2 October / Today's 25 Events:

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(-) 759 years ago Thursday 2nd of October 1264 182nd Pope Urbanus IV, originally Jacques Pantaléon dies of unknown causes at the age of 69 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

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(+) 176 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1847 Generalfeldmarschall and politician Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff von Hindenburg is born in Poznań, Wielkopolska, Poland.

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(+) 170 years ago Sunday 2nd of October 1853 Tennis player and murderer Vere St. Leger Thomas Goold is born in Clonmel, Munster, Ireland.

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(+) 154 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1869 Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence is born in Kirti Mandir, Porbandar, Gujarat, India.

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(+) 133 years ago He Was Born Above a Butcher Shop Thursday 2nd of October 1890 Comedian and actor Groucho Julius Henry Marx is born in East 78th Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 126 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1897 Comedian and actor Bud William Alexander Abbott known from Abbott and Costello is born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 119 years ago Sunday 2nd of October 1904 Writer Graham Henry Greene is born in St. John's House, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 109 years ago He Went Per Aspera ad Astra Friday 2nd of October 1914 Rocket propulsion researcher and Thelemite occultist Jack Marvel Whiteside Parsons is born in Good Samaritan Hospital, 1125 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 93 years ago Thursday 2nd of October 1930 Multiple child murderer Gordon Stewart Northcott aka The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States.

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(-) 88 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1935 Murderer Roland Cochrane aka Charles E. Stevens is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 27 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(x) 81 years ago Friday 2nd of October 1942 337 die in HMS Curacoa cruiser and RMS Queen Mary ocean liner collision in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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(-) 76 years ago Thursday 2nd of October 1947 Mathematician and esotericist Peter Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky dies of kidney failure at the age of 69 in Lyne Place, Virginia Water, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(+) 74 years ago He Was from the Blank Generation Sunday 2nd of October 1949 Singer-songwriter and musician Richard Hell, originally Richard Lester Meyers known from Richard Hell & The Voidoids is born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

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(x) 60 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1963 17-year-old Serial killer Michel Bellen aka The Strangler of the Left Bank is sentenced to three years on parole for burglary in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 55 years ago C'Était Lui qui Meure Wednesday 2nd of October 1968 Dada artist Marcel Henri Robert Duchamp aka Rrose Sélavy dies of heart failure at the age of 81 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 49 years ago She Went to Buy a Pack of Gum Wednesday 2nd of October 1974 Nancy Wilcox is abducted, raped and strangled by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Arnett Drive, Holladay, Utah, United States. Bundy said he buried Wilcox' body near Capitol Reef National Park but it was never found.

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(+) 49 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1974 Murderer Demarco Markeith McCullum is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 41 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1982 Noise music band Club Moral play their 20th concert in Café Lipstick, Volksstraat 76, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 39 years ago Tuesday 2nd of October 1984 First bomb attack by Terrorist organisation Les Cellules Communistes Combattantes aka CCC in Litton Business Belgium, 59 Rue du Bon Pasteur, Evere, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. It was the start of their Première Campagne Anti-Impérialiste d'Octobre.

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(-) 38 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1985 Actor Rock Hudson, originally Roy Harold Scherer dies of AIDS-related complications at the age of 60 in The Castle, 9402 Beverly Crest Drive, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

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(x) 33 years ago Tuesday 2nd of October 1990 128 die in Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 Boeing 737-247 collision in Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 collided with two other aircraft while attempting to land. The hijacked aircraft struck a parked China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 first and then collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 2812 Boeing 757 waiting to take off, fipping onto its back. The plane was hijacked by 21-year-old Jiang Xiaofeng who was seeking political asylum in Taiwan.

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(-) 31 years ago Friday 2nd of October 1992 Mary Catherine Williams is choked to death by serial killer Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper in 9th Street, New York City, New York, United States. Williams' decomposed body was discovered in a wooded area in Yorktown Heights on 21 December 1992.

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(-) 24 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1999 Writer Heinz G. Konsalik, originally Heinz Günther dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 2nd of October 2005 An art installation at Beijing Tokyo Art Projects in 798 Art District, Dashanzi, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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(-) 17 years ago Monday 2nd of October 2006 School shooter Charles Carl Roberts aka The Amish School Shooter commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 33 in West Nickel Mines School, Bart Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Roberts entered the one-room school at 9.51 am with a Springfield XD 9×19mm handgun, a Browning 12 gauge shotgun, a Ruger .30-06 bolt-action rifle, about 600 rounds of ammunition, cans of black powder, a stun gun, two knives, a change of clothes, an apparent truss board and a box containing a hammer, hacksaw, pliers, wire, screws, bolts and tape. Roberts shot dead 7-year-old Naomi Rose Ebersol, 13-year-old Marian Stoltzfus Fisher, 12-year-old Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 8-year-old Lena Zook Miller and 7-year-old Mary Liz Miller and injured another five schoolgirls between 6 and 13 years old. The schoolhouse was torn down eleven days after the tragedy and was re-built in a nearby location.

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38th year - N° 274 Sunday, 1 October 2023

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38th year - N° 274 Sunday, 1 October 2023

1 October / Today's 34 Events:

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(-) 619 years ago Monday 1st of October 1404 203rd Pope Bonifatius IX, originally Pietro Cybo Tomacelli dies of natural causes at the age of 54 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 210 years ago Friday 1st of October 1813 Johann Miltenberg is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Gesche Gottfried aka Der Engel von Bremen in Bremen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany. Miltenberg was Gottfried's first husband.

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(+) 176 years ago Friday 1st of October 1847 Theosophist, writer and women's rights activist Annie Wood Besant is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 135 years ago Monday 1st of October 1888 Unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper sends a 'Saucy Jacky' postcard to the Central News Agency in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work tomorrow double event this time number one squealed a bit couldn't finish straight off. Had not got time to get ears off for police thanks for keeping last letter back till I got to work again. Jack the Ripper

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(-) 127 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1896 Rosine Rodier is stabbed to death by serial killer Joseph Vacher aka L'Eventreur du Sud-Est in Varennes-Saint-Honorat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

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(+) 120 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1903 Composer Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(-) 120 years ago It Was Completed Within Fifteen Minutes Thursday 1st of October 1903 The three brothers Willis, Frederick, and Burton van Wormer are executed by Old Sparky in Dannemora Prison, Dannemora, New York, United States. 11:34 — Willis van Wormer has entered the death chamber. 11:36 — Current turned Into Willis's body. 11:37 — Willis van Wormer declared dead. 11:41 — Frederick has entered the death chamber. 11:42 — Current turned on into Frederick. 11:43 — Frederick declared dead. 11:47 — Burton enters death chamber. 11:48 — Current turned on into Burton. 11:48 — Burton de clared dead. The triple execution had been completed within just fifteen minutes.

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(+) 113 years ago Saturday 1st of October 1910 Gangster Bonnie Elizabeth Parker is born in Rowena, Texas, United States.

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(-) 110 years ago Wednesday 1st of October 1913 Double murderer Patrick Higgins is executed by hanging by John Ellis at the age of 38 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Higgins drowned his 2 sons, 6-year-old William and 4-year-old John at Hopetoun Quarry, Abercorn, West Lothian on 25 October 1911.

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(+) 103 years ago Friday 1st of October 1920 Actor Walter Matthau, originally Walter John Matthow is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 99 years ago Wednesday 1st of October 1924 39th President of the United States Jimmy James Earl Carter is born in Wise Sanatorium, Hospital Street, Plains, Georgia, United States.

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(+) 95 years ago Monday 1st of October 1928 Actor George Peppard known for his role as Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith in ‘The A-Team’ is born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 88 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 1935 Actress and singer Julie Elizabeth Andrews is born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 78 years ago Monday 1st of October 1945 Veronica Hudzinski is shot in the shoulder by serial killer William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More in North Winthrop Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hudzinski survived.

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(+) 78 years ago He Was a Premature Spider Monday 1st of October 1945 Alpine ski racer Vladimir Peter Sabich aka Spider is born in Sacramento, California, United States. Sabich's lifelong nickname 'Spider' was given by his father as a result of thin arms and legs at a premature birth.

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(x) 77 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 1946 52-year-old Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Walter Richard Hess is convicted to life imprisonment for committing crimes against peace and conspiracy to commit crimes in Saal 600, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Hess was one of seven Nazis to receive prison sentences at the trial. These seven were transported by aircraft to the Allied military prison at Spandau in Berlin on 18 July 1947.

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(-) 72 years ago Monday 1st of October 1951 Chief executioner Jules-Henri Desfourneaux aka Monsieur de Paris dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 66 years ago He Was Going to See Jesus Tuesday 1st of October 1957 Cop killer Jacques Fesch is executed by the Guillotine by André Olbrecht at the age of 27 in Prison de la Santé, 42 Rue de la Santé, XIVe, Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Fesch' last journal entry was "In five hours, I will see Jesus!".

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(x) 61 years ago Monday 1st of October 1962 29-year-old American Civil Rights Movement figure James Howard Meredith known for becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi becomes the first African-American student to enroll in University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Saturday 1st of October 1977 Hilda McAulay is found strangled by serial killer The Bible John Killer in Renfrewshire, Langbank, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 46 years ago Saturday 1st of October 1977 Jean Bernadette Jordan, originally Jean Royle is hammered and stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper in Princess Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. A week later Sutcliffe went back to the undiscovered body and mutilated it, trying to cut off the head.

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(-) 31 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1992 Activist and founder of Die Grünen Petra Karin Kelly, originally Petra Karin Lehmann shot dead while sleeping by her partner, 69-year-old ex-general Gert Bastian at the age of 45 in Swinemünder Straße 6, Tannenbusch, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. After killing Kelly, Bastian committed suicide with the same weapon. Their bodies were only found weeks later after Bastian's wife summoned the police to search Kelly's flat.

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(-) 27 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 1996 Phytotherapist and nutritionist Alfred Vogel dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Feusisberg, Schwyz, Switzerland.

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(-) 26 years ago Wednesday 1st of October 1997 Murderer Dwight Dwayne Adanandus is executed by lethal injection at the age of 41 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 25 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1998 Double murderer Javier Cruz is executed by lethal injection at the age of 41 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 23 years ago Sunday 1st of October 2000 Gangster Reginald Kray aka Reggie Kray dies of cancer at the age of 67 in Townhouse Hotel Room #4, 18-22 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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(-) 21 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 2002 Child rapist and murderer James Rexford Powell is executed by lethal injection at the age of 56 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Powell's last meal request was for one pot of coffee.

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(-) 19 years ago Friday 1st of October 2004 Photographer Richard Avedon dies of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 81 in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 18 years ago Saturday 1st of October 2005 46-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV plays at the Midi Modern Music Festival in Haidian Park, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 1st of October 2012 An overturned tricycle in a straight-angled corner nearby in Jade Buddha Temple, 170 Anyuan Road, Jing'An, Shanghai, China.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 1st of October 2012 The Second Coming of Joachim Stiller was a Sound Installation by Club Moral for the Antwerp Pavilion at the Shanghai Biennale 2012. Concept by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (AMVK) and Danny Devos (DDV) Bunker Construction by DDV Music by Club Moral: Danny Devos - vocals, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven - electronics, Mauro Pawlowski - Drums, Aldo Struyf - Bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq6d7FCgry0 in Shanghai, China.

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(-) 6 years ago Sunday 1st of October 2017 Mass murderer Stephen Craig Paddock known for the Route 91 Harvest shooting commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 64 in Mandalay Bay Hotel, 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Paradise, Nevada, United States. Before Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. From his 32nd-floor suites Paddock fired more than 1.000 bullets, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413. The ensuing panic brought the total number of injured to approximately 867. The motive for the mass shooting remains officially undetermined.

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(-) 5 years ago Monday 1st of October 2018 Singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour, originally Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian dies of cardiopulmonary failure at the age of 94 in Route de Saint-Martin de Crau, Mouriès, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 4 years ago A Tumour on His Neck Could Burst Tuesday 1st of October 2019 Murderer Russell Earl Bucklew is executed by lethal injection at the age of 51 in Potosi Correctional Center, Bonne Terre, Missouri, United States. Bucklew had argued for months that the death penalty would qualify as cruel and unusual punishment due to blood-filled tumours that had grown in his head, neck and throat. He argued that a tumour on his neck could burst when given lethal injection and cause him to choke on his own blood.

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