Monday, October 2, 2023

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

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
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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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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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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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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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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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.



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.


Sunday, October 1, 2023

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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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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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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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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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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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.



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.



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.