38th year - N° 314 Friday, 10 November 2023

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38th year - N° 314 Friday, 10 November 2023

10 November / Today's 39 Events:

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(-) 1562 years ago Thursday 10th of November 0461 45th Pope Leo I aka Saint Leo Magnus dies of unknown causes at the age of 61 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 782 years ago Sunday 10th of November 1241 179th Pope Celestinus IV, originally Goffredo da Castiglione dies of wear and age in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Celestinus IV occupied the throne for only seventeen days.

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(+) 540 years ago Saturday 10th of November 1483 Theologian and church reformer Martin Luther is born in Martin Luthers Geburtshaus, Lutherstraße 16, Eisleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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(-) 474 years ago Thursday 10th of November 1549 220th Pope Paulus III, originally Alessandro Farnese dies of unknown causes at the age of 81 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 264 years ago Saturday 10th of November 1759 Poet, philosopher, historian and playwright Friedrich Johann Christoph Schiller is born in Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 190 years ago Sunday 10th of November 1833 Teacher, playwright and journalist Dobri Popov Voynikov aka the Father of Modern Bulgarian theatre is born in Şumnu, Shumen, Bulgaria.

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(x) 176 years ago Wednesday 10th of November 1847 92 die in Stephen Whitney passenger sail vessel shipwreck in West Calf Island, Ireland.

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(x) 152 years ago He Presumed Doctor Livingstone Friday 10th of November 1871 30-year-old Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley, originally John Rowlands aka Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks) known for his quote “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” meets David Livingstone, of whom little had been heard since his departure for Africa in 1866 to search for the source of the Nile, with the famous line "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?" in Ujiji, Kigoma, Tanzania. It may also have been a fabrication as Stanley tore out of his diary the pages relating to the encounter. Neither man mentioned it in any of the letters they wrote at this time. Livingstone's account of the encounter does not mention these words.

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(+) 135 years ago Saturday 10th of November 1888 Aircraft designer Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev is born in Pustomazovo, Tver Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 132 years ago Tuesday 10th of November 1891 Poet Arthur Jean Nicolas Rimbaud dies of bone cancer at the age of 37 in Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(+) 127 years ago Tuesday 10th of November 1896 Victim of D. C. Stephenson aka The Grand Dragon of the Realm of the Indiana Ku-Klux-Klan Madge Augustine Oberholtzer is born in Clay City, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 119 years ago Thursday 10th of November 1904 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Adolf Hennies is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 104 years ago Monday 10th of November 1919 Weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov known for the AK-47 assault rifle is born in Kurya, Altaysky Kray, Russia.

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(-) 100 years ago Saturday 10th of November 1923 Adolf Hannappel is killed and his meat sold by serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf in Das Mordhaus, Rote Reihe 4, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 98 years ago Tuesday 10th of November 1925 Actor Richard Burton, originally Richard Walter Jenkins is born in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, United Kingdom.

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(+) 95 years ago Saturday 10th of November 1928 Composer Ennio Morricone is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 91 years ago Thursday 10th of November 1932 Actor Roy Richard Scheider is born in Orange, New Jersey, United States.

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(-) 85 years ago It Was 9.05 in the Morning Thursday 10th of November 1938 Army officer, revolutionary and first President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk aka Father of the Turks dies of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 57 in Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. The clock in the bedroom where Atatürk died is still set to the time of his death, 9.05 in the morning.

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(+) 83 years ago He Was Screaming Sunday 10th of November 1940 Musician David Edward Sutch aka Screaming Lord Sutch aka 3rd Earl of Harrow is born in New End Hospital, Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 83 years ago Sunday 10th of November 1940 39-year-old Film director and animator Walt Walter Elias Disney signs an agreement with the FBI to report on subversive activities in Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(+) 76 years ago Monday 10th of November 1947 Commander of the Lebanese Forces and President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel, originally Sheikh Bashīr al-Jimayyel is born in Achrafieh, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

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(-) 63 years ago He Became One of the Youngest Thursday 10th of November 1960 Murderer Francis Robert George Henry James Forsyth aka Flossie is executed by hanging by Harry Allen at the age of 18 in Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Forsyth became one of the youngest prisoners to be executed in a British prison in the 20th century.

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(-) 63 years ago Thursday 10th of November 1960 Murderer Norman James Harris aka Flash is executed by hanging by Robert Stewart at the age of 21 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 61 years ago He Was Raising Hell Saturday 10th of November 1962 21-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell is arrested for 'howling and yelling' in Major Theatre, 2830 Samuel Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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(+) 59 years ago Tuesday 10th of November 1964 School shooter Patrick Edward Purdy aka The Stockton Schoolyard Shooter is born in Tacoma, Washington, United States.

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(+) 59 years ago Tuesday 10th of November 1964 Serial killer Gao Chengyong aka The Chinese Jack the Ripper is born in Qingcheng, Gansu, China.

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(x) 51 years ago Friday 10th of November 1972 34-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 39. Aktion in Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse, New York, United States.

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(-) 49 years ago The Plan Went Wrong Sunday 10th of November 1974 Judge and President of Germany's Superior Court of Justice Günter George Richard Ernst von Drenkmann is shot dead in his house by die Rote Armee Fraktion / Bewegung 2 Juni as represaille for the death of Holger Meins at the age of 64 in Bayernallee 10-11, Westend, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The attack on von Drenkmann had actually been part of planned kidnapping for ransom that went wrong.

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(-) 46 years ago Thursday 10th of November 1977 Robert Winch 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) 43 years ago Monday 10th of November 1980 Douglas Stewart is attacked by serial killer Dennis Nilsen aka Killing For Company in 195 Melrose Avenue, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Although Stewart called the police almost immediately after the attack, the officers refused to take action; reportedly they considered the incident to be a domestic disagreement.

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(-) 41 years ago Wednesday 10th of November 1982 Soviet statesman Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 30 years ago Wednesday 10th of November 1993 Murderer Anthony Quinn Cook is executed by lethal injection at the age of 40 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Cook's last meal request was for a double-meat bacon cheeseburger and a strawberry shake.

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(-) 22 years ago Saturday 10th of November 2001 Writer Ken Kenneth Elton Kesey known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest dies of complications after liver surgery at the age of 66 in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 19 years ago He Was in the Catacombs of Justice Again Wednesday 10th of November 2004 Murderer Frederick Patrick McWilliams is executed by lethal injection at the age of 31 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. McWilliams' last meal request was for fried chicken breasts, lasagna, egg rolls, shrimp fried rice, chimichangas, turkey with liver and gizzard dressing, dirty rice, cranberry sauce and lemonade. His last words were "Well, here we are again folks in the catacombs of justice."

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 10th of November 2005 Pig remains after slaughtering at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.

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(-) 17 years ago Friday 10th of November 2006 Actor Jack Palance, originally Volodymyr Jack Palahniuk dies of natural causes at the age of 87 in Montecito, California, United States.

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(-) 16 years ago Saturday 10th of November 2007 Writer Norman Kingsley Mailer dies of acute renal failure at the age of 84 in Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 15 years ago Monday 10th of November 2008 Serial killer Arthur John Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 63 in Albany Medical Center, New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York, United States.

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(-) 14 years ago Tuesday 10th of November 2009 Serial killer John Allen Muhammad, originally John Allen Williams aka The Beltway Sniper is executed by lethal injection at the age of 49 in Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia, United States. Muhammad was offered a selection of a last meal which he accepted but refused publication of its contents. However Muhammad's attorney J. Wyndal Gordon told the Associated Press that Muhammad's last meal consisted of "chicken and red sauce, and some cakes".

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