38th year - N° 10 Tuesday, 10 January 2023

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38th year - N° 10 Tuesday, 10 January 2023

10 January / Today's 32 Events:

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(-) 161 years ago Friday 10th of January 1862 Firearms designer and industrialist Samuel Colt dies of complications from gout at the age of 48 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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(x) 140 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1883 Over 80 die in Newhall hotel fire in Newhall House, Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 135 years ago Tuesday 10th of January 1888 Murderer Philip Cross aka The Coachford Poisoner is executed by hanging by John Berry at the age of 62 in Cork County Gaol, Cork City, Munster, Ireland.

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(+) 113 years ago Monday 10th of January 1910 FBI Special Agent Wimberly Baker is born in Metropolis, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 111 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1912 SS-Helferin and prison guard Maria Mandl aka The Beast is born in Münzkirchen, Oberösterreich, Austria.

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(-) 106 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1917 Bison hunter and showman William Frederick Cody aka Buffalo Bill dies of kidney failure at the age of 71 in Denver, Colorado, United States.

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(+) 106 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1917 Mass murderer Lester Edward Bartholomew is born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States.

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(-) 93 years ago He Was Strangled for 23 Minutes Friday 10th of January 1930 Cop killer Edward Eddie Ives is executed by hanging at the age of 51 in Colorado State Penitentiary, Cañon City, Colorado, United States. Ives was escorted to the gallows with the noose tightened around his neck. A guard pulled a lever that sent a weight hurtling down a chute. The weight was supposed to pull the rope taut and the prisoner would break his neck as he fell through the trap. But Ives was too light. As the weight fell he went hurtling toward the ceiling. The rope jumped off the pulley and Ives fell to the floor gasping for breath. "You can't hang a man twice," he said. But they did. According to one witness it took three attempts. Ives was s trangled for 23 minutes before he was pronounced dead.

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(-) 89 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1934 Communist and presumed arsonist Marinus Van der Lubbe known for the Reichstag fire is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 25 in Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany.

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(+) 80 years ago Sunday 10th of January 1943 Singer-songwriter Jim James Joseph Croce is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 78 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1945 Alpine ski racer Vladimir Peter Sabich aka Spider is born in Sacramento, California, United States.

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(+) 78 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 1945 Singer-songwriter and musician Rod Roderick David Stewart aka Rod the Mod is born in 507 Archway Road, Highgate, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 74 years ago Monday 10th of January 1949 Boxer George Edward Foreman aka Big George is born in Marshall, Texas, United States.

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(+) 74 years ago Monday 10th of January 1949 Serial killer Ahmad Suradji, originally Nasib Kelewang aka The Sorcerer is born in Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia.

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(+) 74 years ago Monday 10th of January 1949 Porn actress Linda Lovelace, originally Linda Susan Boreman known from Deep Throat is born in Bronx, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago Thursday 10th of January 1957 Cop killer Charles William Bass is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 62 years ago Tuesday 10th of January 1961 Triple murderer Kelvin Shelby Malone is born in Seaside, California, United States.

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(-) 62 years ago Tuesday 10th of January 1961 Writer Samuel Dashiell Hammett dies of lung cancer at the age of 67 in Lenox Hill Hospital, East 77th Street, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 60 years ago Thursday 10th of January 1963 Murderer David Dewayne Johnson is born in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago Friday 10th of January 1969 Françoise Lecron is shot by serial killer Marcel Barbeault aka Le Tueur de L'Ombre in Rue Faidherbe, Nogent-sur-Oise, Oise, France. Lecron was hit in the shoulder and survived. She was the presumed first victim of Barbeault aka Le Tueur de L'Ombre.

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(-) 53 years ago Saturday 10th of January 1970 Cosmonaut Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev dies of peritonitis that resulted from an operation on a stomach ulcer at the age of 45 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 52 years ago Sunday 10th of January 1971 Fashion designer Coco Chanel, originally Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in Hotel Ritz, 15 Place Vendôme, Ier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 47 years ago Saturday 10th of January 1976 Musician Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf dies of complications of kidney disease at the age of 66 in Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 40 years ago Monday 10th of January 1983 37-year-old Serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper is attacked with a broken coffee-jar by 35-year-old murderer Jimmy Costello in the F2 Hospital wing in Parkhurst Prison, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Sutcliffe needed 30 stitches. Costello was convicted of wounding with intent.

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(-) 37 years ago Friday 10th of January 1986 Rapist and double murderer James Terry Roach is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 26 in Broad River Correctional Institution, Columbia, South Carolina, United States.

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(-) 26 years ago He Sang Amazing Grace Friday 10th of January 1997 Murderer Billy Wayne Waldrop is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. When he was strapped into the electric chair Waldrop sang 'Amazing Grace' and waved to a minister friend in the witness chamber.

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(-) 18 years ago Monday 10th of January 2005 47-year-old Only child of actor Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi Christian Devi Brando is charged with spousal abuse of 48-year-old Deborah Presley in Los Angeles, California, United States. Brando pleaded no contest to the charges. Their marriage lasted a short time and was annulled in June 2005.

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17 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 10th of January 2006 A basement at an undisclosed location where I have been digging a hole as an ungoing performance in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 16 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 2007 Film director Carlo Ponti dies of pulmonary edema at the age of 95 in Genève, Romandie, Switzerland.

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(-) 16 years ago Wednesday 10th of January 2007 Child killer Carlos Alberto Granados is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 9 years ago Friday 10th of January 2014 Marlboro Man Eric Layton Lawson dies of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 73 in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. Lawson was the 'Marboro Man' from 1978 to 1981.

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(-) 7 years ago Sunday 10th of January 2016 Musician and actor David Bowie, originally David Robert Jones dies of liver cancer at the age of 69 in 285 Lafayette Street, Soho, New York, New York, United States.

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