39th year - N° 60 Thursday, 29 February 2024

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
39th year - N° 60 Thursday, 29 February 2024

29 February / Today's 8 Events:

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(+) 556 years ago Saturday 29th of February 1468 220th Pope Paulus III, originally Alessandro Farnese is born in Canino, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 232 years ago Wednesday 29th of February 1792 Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini is born in Pesaro, Marche, Italy.

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(+) 160 years ago Monday 29th of February 1864 Outsider artist Adolf Wölfli is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.

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(+) 116 years ago Saturday 29th of February 1908 Artist Balthasar Kłossowski, originally Kłossowski de Rola aka Balthus is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 68 years ago Wednesday 29th of February 1956 Serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos, originally Pittman aka The Florida Highway Killer is born in Rochester, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 68 years ago Wednesday 29th of February 1956 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Johannes Thimme is born in Erlangen, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 64 years ago The Bullet Traced his Head Monday 29th of February 1960 FBI Special Agent Melvin Horace Purvis aka Little Mel commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 57 in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Purvis died from a gunshot wound to the head fired from the pistol given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. A later investigation suggested that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a tracer bullet jammed in the pistol.

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(x) 28 years ago Thursday 29th of February 1996 123 die in Faucett Boeing 737-222 Flight 251 crash in Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru.

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