39th year - N° 46 Thursday, 15 February 2024

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39th year - N° 46 Thursday, 15 February 2024

15 February / Today's 26 Events:

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(+) 460 years ago Saturday 15th of February 1564 Astronomer, engineer, philosopher and mathematician Galilei Galileo aka The Father of Science is born in Pisa, Toscana, Italy.

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(+) 95 years ago Friday 15th of February 1929 Racecar driver Graham Norman Hill is born in Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 94 years ago Saturday 15th of February 1930 Attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford Sara Jane Kahn Moore is born in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.

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(-) 92 years ago Monday 15th of February 1932 Mary Ellen O'Connor is presumably abducted and killed by serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish aka The Cannibal aka The Werewolf of Wysteria aka The Moon Maniac in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 91 years ago He Was Critically Hit by a Purse Wednesday 15th of February 1933 Anton Joseph Cermak, originally Antonín Josef Čermák is shot by assassin Giuseppe Zangara in Miami, Florida, United States. Zangara actually tried to assassinate 32nd president of the USA Franklin Roosevelt. At the critical moment Lilian Cross, a woman standing near Zangara, hit Zangara's arm with her purse and spoiled his aim. Cermak died of his wounds at Jackson Memorial Hospital on 6 March.

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(+) 85 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 1939 Serial killer Robert Christian Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter is born in Coleman Hospital, 826 North 8th Street, Estherville, Iowa, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago Monday 15th of February 1954 Annie Hamann is poisoned with E 605 by serial poisoner Christa Lehmann aka The Mass Poisoner of Worms in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(x) 63 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 1961 73 die in Sabena Boeing 707-320 Flight 548 crash in Het Lemmeken, Berg, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. The entire United States Figure Skating team, on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, was killed in the crash. Farmer Theo De Laet working in the fields was killed by a piece of aluminum debris from the plane, and and his friend Marcel Lauwers' leg was severed by flying debris.

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(-) 61 years ago Friday 15th of February 1963 Double murderer Robert Harris Griffin is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 59 years ago Monday 15th of February 1965 Musician Nat King Cole, originally Nathaniel Adams Coles dies of lung cancer at the age of 46 in Saint John's Health Center, 2121 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago Sunday 15th of February 1970 102 die in Dominicana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crash in Las Américas Int'l Airport, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.

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(+) 53 years ago Monday 15th of February 1971 Triple murderer Samuel Clark Gallamore is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

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(-) 50 years ago Friday 15th of February 1974 Donald Skepper is robbed and shot dead by multiple murderer Donald Neilson aka The Black Panther in New Park Telegraph Sub Office, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 46 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 1978 32-year-old Serial killer Ted Theodore Robert Bundy aka The Only Living Witness is arrested by officer David Lee for 'trying to evade a police-officer' after a traffic violation in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Bundy claimed to be Kenneth Misner and was driving a stolen VW Beetle.

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(-) 43 years ago Sunday 15th of February 1981 Julie Ann Reitz is shot dead by serial killer Randall Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer in Cherry Hill Drive, Beaverton, Oregon, United States.

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(x) 42 years ago Monday 15th of February 1982 84 die in Ocean Ranger drilling rig sinking in Hibernia Oil Field, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, Newfoundland, Canada.

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(x) 41 years ago Tuesday 15th of February 1983 41-year-old Serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown is stabbed once in the upper arm with a sharpened wire by Henry Brisbon aka The I-57 Killer in Menard Correctional Centre, Chester, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 40 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 1984 US-Diplomat Leamon Ray Hunt is assassinated the Red Brigades at the age of 57 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. As he was waiting for his gated home to open three gunmen emerged from a Fiat 128 across the street and opened fire on Hunt's Alfa Romeo armoured limousine with automatic weapons. While none of the rounds fired at the limousine penetrated, one gunman jumped on the trunk and fired into the upper edge of the rear window. One of the 7.65mm rounds broke through the rubber and metal window frame and struck Hunt in the skull.

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(-) 40 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 1984 Andrea Wernicke is raped and strangled by serial killer Egidius Schiffer aka Der Würger von Aachen in Würselen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(x) 32 years ago Saturday 15th of February 1992 32-year-old Serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal is sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(x) 28 years ago Long March 3 Lasted Only 3 Seconds Thursday 15th of February 1996 The Long March 3 rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 telecommunications satellite is launched in Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang, Sichuan, China. The rocket flies off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashes into a rural village. Estimates suggest that anywhere between 200 to 500 people might have been killed in the crash.

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20 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 15th of February 2004 A procession of chinese men carrying a dopesmoking magician. The preparation of this activity had been going along for several days. First a complex of wooden floors and tents had been built, with various kinds of altars, stages and lots of tables. It continued with the burning of a huge stack of paper one day all day long. The procession lasted only for about half an hour as the magician was carried along Bukit Timah Road in Singapore, Singapore.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 15th of February 2006 The monument we made for Club Moral, bearing the names of all the people who have played, performed or showed their work in Club Moral, and/or contributed to Force Mental. The monument is now residing in Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Mutsaardstraat 31, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 18 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 2006 Double murderer Clyde Smith is executed by lethal injection at the age of 33 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 2 years ago Tuesday 15th of February 2022 Singer, composer and record producer Bappi Alokesh Lahiri dies of a lung infection at the age of 70 in CritiCare Multispeciality Hospital, 39 Gulmohar Rd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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(-) 1 years ago Wednesday 15th of February 2023 Actress Raquel Welch, originally Jo Raquel Tejada dies of a brief illness at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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