38th year - N° 334 Thursday, 30 November 2023

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38th year - N° 334 Thursday, 30 November 2023

30 November / Today's 43 Events:

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(+) 356 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1667 Satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, cleric and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral Jonathan Swift known for Gulliver’s Travels is born in 7 Hoey's Court, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(-) 249 years ago He Danced a Jig Wednesday 30th of November 1774 Highwayman John Rann aka Sixteen String Jack is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Shortly before Rann was to be hanged, appearing in a specially made pea-green suit adorned by a large nosegay, he enjoyed cheerful banter with both the hangman and the crowd, then danced a jig, before being publicly executed.

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(+) 213 years ago Friday 30th of November 1810 Weapon designer Oliver Fisher Winchester known for the Winchester repeating rifle is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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(-) 199 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1824 Banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy is executed by hanging at the age of 40 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 193 years ago He Was not Poisoned Tuesday 30th of November 1830 253rd Pope Pius VIII, originally Francesco Saverio Castiglioni dies of poor health at the age of 69 in Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Certain theories have emerged suggesting that Pius VIII was poisoned but no proof has been found to verify this claim.

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(+) 188 years ago Monday 30th of November 1835 Writer Mark Twain, originally Samuel Langhorne Clemens known the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is born in Florida, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 149 years ago Monday 30th of November 1874 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 138 years ago His Head Had Been Torn Clean from His Shoulders Monday 30th of November 1885 Murderer Robert Goodale is executed by hanging by John Berry at the age of 45 in Norwich Castle, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom. When the drop fell, officials were horrified to find that Goodale's head had been torn clean from his shoulders.

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(-) 123 years ago He Died a Catholic Friday 30th of November 1900 Poet and writer Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde dies of meningitis at the age of 46 in Hôtel d'Alsace, 13, Rue des Beaux-Arts, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Wilde was conditionally baptised into the Catholic Church by Fr Cuthbert Dunne the day before.

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(x) 115 years ago Monday 30th of November 1908 154 die in coal mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 102 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1921 52-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is sentenced to death in 3 Place André Mignot, Versailles, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 98 years ago Monday 30th of November 1925 Murderer William R. Lloyd is executed by hanging at the age of 36 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(+) 87 years ago Monday 30th of November 1936 Political and social activist and anarchist Abbie Abbot Howard Hoffman is born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1937 Cyclist Tom Thomas Simpson is born in Haswell, North East, United Kingdom.

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(+) 86 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1937 Film director Ridley Scott known for the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner is born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

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(+) 82 years ago Sunday 30th of November 1941 Military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Ali Hassan al-Majid, originally Alī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī aka Chemical Ali is born in Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq.

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(+) 80 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1943 Performance artist Frank Uwe Laysiepen aka Ulay is born in Solingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(+) 77 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1946 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Ralf Baptist Friedrich is born in Landsweiler-Reden, Saarland, Germany.

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(+) 76 years ago Sunday 30th of November 1947 Mass murderer Robert J. Dreesman is born in Algona, Iowa, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago Monday 30th of November 1953 Cubist painter, poet and typographist Francis Picabia, originally Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia dies of unknown causes at the age of 74 in VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 68 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1955 Musician Billy Idol, originally William Michael Albert Broad is born in Stanmore, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

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(-) 67 years ago Friday 30th of November 1956 Rapist and murderer James Franklin Bowman is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville, Kentucky, United States.

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(x) 66 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1957 32-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey attacks an unidentified 29-year-old nurse in Monte a l'Abbé, Saint Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(+) 66 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1957 Irish republican hunger striker Thomas McElwee, originally Tomas Mac Giolla Bhuidhe is born in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 61 years ago Friday 30th of November 1962 Oskar Seidel is shot dead in the course of a robbery by serial killer Klaus Gosmann aka Der Mittagsmörder in Vereinigten Sparkasse Eschenbach, Neuhaus an der Pegnitz, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 61 years ago Friday 30th of November 1962 Triple murderer Lowell Lee Andrews aka The Nicest Boy in Wolcott is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in United States Penitentiary, Metropolitan Avenue, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Andrews' last meal request was for two fried chickens with sides of mashed potatoes, green beans and Pie à la Mode.

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(+) 57 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1966 Murderer James Edward Clayton is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 50 years ago Friday 30th of November 1973 Victim of Donato Bilancia aka Il Mostro della Liguria Stela Truya is born in Durrës, Durrës, Albania.

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(x) 47 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1976 38-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 53. Aktion in Teatro Out Off, Viale Montesanto, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.

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(-) 46 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1977 Tina Williams is raped and killed by serial killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.

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(x) 42 years ago There Were Two Knives and an Ice Pick Monday 30th of November 1981 Jim Griffin is beaten and threatened by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At Griffin's home Eyler had turned violent, beating Griffin with his fists, threatening him with two knives and an ice pick.

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(x) 38 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1985 Noise music band Club Moral play their 51st concert in Jazzbunker, Boompjeskade 17, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 37 years ago Sunday 30th of November 1986 Noise music band Club Moral play their 60th concert at the AVE Festival in De Gele Rijder, Korenmarkt 43, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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(-) 34 years ago Thursday 30th of November 1989 Vorstandssprecher der Deutschen Bank Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a sophisticated roadside bomb placed by the Rote Armee Fraktion at the age of 59 in Seedammweg, Bad Homborg, Hessen, Germany. The 7 kg bomb was hidden in a bag on a bicycle parked next to the road that the assassins knew Herrhausen would be traveling in his three-car convoy. The bomb was detonated when Herrhausen's car interrupted a beam of infrared light as it passed the bicycle. The bomb targeted the most vulnerable area of Herrhausen's car – the door where he was sitting – and required split-second timing to overcome the car's special armour plating.

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(x) 34 years ago Thursday 30th of November 1989 37-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Verena Christiane Becker is released from prison after 12 years in Justizvollzugsanstalt Willich II, Anrath, Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Becker was pardoned by Bundespresident Richard von Weizsäcker.

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(x) 29 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1994 23-year-old Rapper Tupac Shakur aka 2Pac is shot twice in the head, twice in the groin and once in the arm by three unidentified men in Quad Recording Studios, 723 7th Avenue # 10, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 29 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1994 Theorist, writer, filmmaker and founding member of the Situationist International Guy Ernest Debord commits suicide by a shot through the heart at the age of 63 in Champot, Bellevue-la-Montagne, Auvergne, France.

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(-) 27 years ago He Was Not Okay Saturday 30th of November 1996 Falsetto singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim, originally Herbert Khaury dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. While singing his most famous song 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' at a Gala Benefit at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis Tim suffered a heart attack on stage. He was led out by his wife Susan Marie Gardner who asked him if he was okay. Tim responded, "No, I'm not!" Those were to be his final words. Tim collapsed shortly thereafter and was rushed to the hospital where he died after doctors tried to resuscitate him for one hour and fifteen minutes.

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(-) 26 years ago Sunday 30th of November 1997 Feminist punk poet Kathy Acker, originally Karen Lehman dies of complications of breast cancer at the age of 50 in American Biologics Clinic, 15 Azucenas Street, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

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(-) 22 years ago Friday 30th of November 2001 Murderer John Hardy Rose is executed by lethal injection at the age of 43 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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(-) 16 years ago Friday 30th of November 2007 Daredevil and entertainer Evel Robert Craig Knievel dies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 69 in Clearwater, Florida, United States.

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(x) 16 years ago Friday 30th of November 2007 Noise music band Club Moral play their 131st concert at the 'Kopstoot!' festival in De Brakke Grond, Nes 45, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 5 years ago Friday 30th of November 2018 41st President of the United States George Herbert Walker Bush dies of Parkinson's disease at the age of 94 in Houston, Texas, United States.

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