39th year - N° 152 Friday, 31 May 2024

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39th year - N° 152 Friday, 31 May 2024

31 May / Today's 29 Events:

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(-) 430 years ago Tuesday 31st of May 1594 Painter Tintoretto, originally Jacopo Comin aka Il Furioso dies of fever at the age of 76 in Fondamenta dei Mori, Venezia, Veneto, Italy. Tintoretto was seized with severe stomach pains that prevented him from sleeping and eating for almost a fortnight.

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(-) 215 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1809 Composer Franz Joseph Haydn aka The Father of the Symphony dies of natural causes at the age of 77 in Wien, Wien, Austria. Haydn's last words were "My children, have no fear, for where Haydn is, no harm can fall".

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(+) 205 years ago He Appeared Between the Leaves of Grass Monday 31st of May 1819 Poet and writer Walt Walter Whitman aka The Father of Free Verse is born in West Hills, New York, United States.

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(+) 167 years ago Sunday 31st of May 1857 259th Pope Pius XI, originally Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti is born in Desio, Lombardia, Italy.

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(-) 146 years ago Friday 31st of May 1878 Murderer Eugène-Marie Chantrelle is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Calton Prison, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Chantrelle poisoned his 26-year-old wife Elizabeth Dyer by inserting opium into her food.

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(-) 102 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1922 Solicitor and murderer Herbert Rowse Armstrong is executed by hanging at the age of 53 in Gloucester Prison, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 96 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1928 Cop killer Frederick Guy Browne is executed by hanging at the age of 47 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. While waiting for sentence to be carried out Browne tried to commit suicide three times, once by hanging himself and then by cutting his throat. He even tried to go on a hunger strike and had to be force fed.

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(-) 96 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1928 Cop killer William Henry Kennedy is executed by hanging at the age of 37 in Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 94 years ago Saturday 31st of May 1930 Actor and film director Clint Clinton Eastwood is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 79 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1945 Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder is born in Bad Wörishofen, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 71 years ago Sunday 31st of May 1953 Artist Vladimir Yevgraphovich Tatlin dies of unknown causes at the age of 68 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 64 years ago Tuesday 31st of May 1960 Writer Willem Elsschot, originally Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder dies of skin cancer at the age of 78 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 62 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1962 SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Otto Eichmann known for organising the Holocaust is executed by hanging at the age of 56 in Ayalon Prison, Ramla, Center District, Israel.

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(+) 59 years ago Monday 31st of May 1965 Actress and child star Brooke Christa Shields is born in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 59 years ago Monday 31st of May 1965 37-year-old Founder of the Five-Percent Nation Clarence 13X, originally Clarence Edward Smith aka The Father is arrested and charged with assault and battery, conspiracy, disorderly conduct, marijuana possession, resisting arrest, and unlawful assembly in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 58 years ago Tuesday 31st of May 1966 Victim of Christian Ranucci aka Le Pull-Over Rouge Marie-Dolorès Rambla is born in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 57 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1967 Jan Donse aka Oom Cupido is stabbed to death by serial killer Hans van Zon in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 56 years ago Friday 31st of May 1968 12-year-old Child killer Mary Flora Bell aka Child of Hell and Norma Bell break into the local nursery, leaving notes referring to the murder of 4-year-old Martin Brown in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. The police dismissed the incident as a prank.

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(x) 52 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1972 In a taped speech 38-year-old Journalist and leader of the Rote Armee Fraktion Ulrike Marie Meinhof calls up students to take up arms and fight the system in Goethe Universität Hörsaal VI, Mertonstraße 17, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 50 years ago Friday 31st of May 1974 Bomb attack by the Radical left organisation the Weather Underground on the office of the California Attorney General in Sacramento, California, United States. The attack was in response to the killing of six members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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(x) 40 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1984 30-year-old Spree killer Linwood Earl Briley leads the escape of 6 convicted killers from the Mecklenberg Correctional Centre in Mecklenburg Correctional Center, Boydton, Virginia, United States. Linwood and James Briley, Lem Tuggle, Earl Clanton, Derick Peterson and Willie Jones were all arrested within 3 weeks.

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(+) 35 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1989 Fashion model Daul Kim is born in Seoul, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

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(-) 34 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1990 Joseph Joe Proce is shot in the back by serial killer Heriberto Seda aka The New York Zodiac Killer in 74-27 87th Road, Queens, New York, New York, United States. Proce survived the attack but died in the hospital on 24 June.

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(-) 33 years ago Friday 31st of May 1991 Writer Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 78 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

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(-) 28 years ago He Tuned Out Friday 31st of May 1996 Psychologist and writer Timothy Francis Leary known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs dies of prostate cancer at the age of 76 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Leary's death was videotaped for posterity at his request, capturing his final words. His last word, according to his son Zach was "beautiful."

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(-) 24 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 2000 Mass murderer Robert Earl Carter is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 31st of May 2003 Wind-beaten trees in Kunsthalle Lophem, Torhoutsesteenweg 52a, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 14 years ago Monday 31st of May 2010 Artist Louise Joséphine Bourgeois aka Spiderwoman dies of a heart attack at the age of 99 in Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 4 years ago Sunday 31st of May 2020 Artist Javacheff Vladimirov Christo, originally Hristo Yavashev dies of natural causes at the age of 85 in New York City, New York, United States.

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39th year - N° 151 Thursday, 30 May 2024

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39th year - N° 151 Thursday, 30 May 2024

30 May / Today's 31 Events:

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(-) 593 years ago Monday 30th of May 1431 Heroine Jeanne d'Arc aka La Pucelle d'Orléans is executed by burning at the stake at the age of 19 in Vieux Marché, Rouen, Haute-Normendie, France. Her ashes were scattered in the Seine near Pont Mathilde by executioner Geoffroy Thérage.

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(x) 488 years ago Saturday 30th of May 1536 King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor is executed by burning at the stake in Palace of Whitehall, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Henry's wedding took place 11 days after the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

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(-) 384 years ago Wednesday 30th of May 1640 Painter Peter Paul Rubens dies of chronic gout at the age of 63 in Rubenshuis, Wapper, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(+) 352 years ago Monday 30th of May 1672 Ruler of the Tsardom of Russia Peter the Great is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 246 years ago He Died in Peace Saturday 30th of May 1778 Writer Voltaire, originally François-Marie Arouet dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in 27 Quai Voltaire, VIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil and turn to God Voltaire replied "For God's sake, let me die in peace."

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(+) 210 years ago Monday 30th of May 1814 Revolutionary anarchist Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin is born in Pryamukhino, Tver Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 179 years ago Friday 30th of May 1845 Duke of Aosta Amadeus I is born in Palazzo Reale, Torino, Piedmontese, Italy.

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(-) 143 years ago Monday 30th of May 1881 Cornelia De Hees-Van Der Linden is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Swanenburg and De Hees were sisters in law.

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(+) 137 years ago Monday 30th of May 1887 Artist Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(x) 128 years ago Saturday 30th of May 1896 1.389 people are trampled to death in a stampede during the festivities following the coronation of 28-year-old Emperor of Russia Nikolai II aka Nikolai the Bloody in Khodynka Field, Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. Several thousands of people had gathered to receive free gifts of a bread roll, a piece of sausage, pretzels, gingerbread, and a mug.

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(+) 118 years ago Wednesday 30th of May 1906 Heilstrom mystic Bruno Gröning is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(+) 115 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1909 Musician and bandleader Benny Benjamin David Goodman aka The King of Swing is born in Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 112 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1912 Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at the age of 45 in 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 97 years ago Monday 30th of May 1927 Jenny Randolph is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in Buffalo, New York, United States.

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(+) 95 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1929 Lutheran pastor Oskar Brüsewitz known for his protest against the repression of religion in the Communist state of East Germany is born in Vilkyčiai, Šilutės Rajone, Lithuania.

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(+) 90 years ago Wednesday 30th of May 1934 Cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov known for the first spacewalk is born in Listvyanka, Zapadno-Sibirsky Krai, Russia.

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(-) 64 years ago Monday 30th of May 1960 Writer Boris Leonidovich Pasternak dies of lung cancer at the age of 70 in Pasternak House Museum, 3 Pavlenko str, Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 64 years ago Monday 30th of May 1960 Victim of Randall Woodfield aka the I-5 Killer Beth Wilmot is born in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 63 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1961 Politician, soldier and dictator Rafael Trujillo, originally Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina aka El Jefe is shot and killed when his blue 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is ambushed on a road outside the city at the age of 70 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. Trujillo was the victim of an ambush plotted by a number of men, among them General Juan Tomás Díaz, Pedro Livio Cedeño, Antonio de la Maza, Amado García Guerrero and General Antonio Imbert Barrera.

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(x) 63 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1961 61 die in Viasa Douglas DC-8-53 Flight 897 crash in Portela Airport, Lisboa, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Portugal.

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(+) 61 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1963 Nude model and pornographic performer Shauna Grant, originally Colleen Marie Applegate aka Callie Aimes is born in Bellflower, California, United States.

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(x) 52 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1972 Start of the trial against Anarchist group The Angry Brigade in Old Bailey Criminal Court, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 52 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1972 26 Die and 80 are injured when Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okudaira, and Yasuyuki Yasuda from the Communist militant group the Japanese Red Army open fire in the passenger terminal in Lod International Airport, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel. The members of the Japanese Red Army were recruited by the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The attackers arrived at the airport aboard an Air France flight from Rome. Dressed conservatively and carrying slim violin cases, they attracted little attention. As they entered the waiting area, they opened up their violin cases and extracted Czech Vz 58 assault rifles with the butt stocks removed. Immediately afterwards, they bega n to fire indiscriminately at airport staff and visitors, which included a group of pilgrims from Puerto Rico, tossing grenades as they changed magazines. Yasuda was shot dead by one of the other attackers, and Okudaira moved from the airport building into the landing area, firing at passengers disembarking from an El Al aircraft before being killed by a prematurely exploding grenade. Okamoto was shot by security, brought to the ground by an El Al employee, and arrested as he attempted to leave the terminal.

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(x) 42 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1982 44-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 74. Aktion for Pfingsfest in Schloss Prinzendorf, Schloss Straße 1, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Niederösterreich, Austria. Nitsch' 74. Aktion for Pfingsfest lasted 12 hours.

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(x) 39 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1985 Carol Kyle is attacked and raped by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker in Burbank, California, United States. Kyle survived. Ramirez simply told her that she looked 'pretty good' for her age and that he would let her live.

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(-) 31 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1993 Musician Sun Ra, originally Herman Poole Blount, legally Le Sony'r Ra dies of pneumonia at the age of 79 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

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(-) 30 years ago Monday 30th of May 1994 Manufacturer of the 'Bic' Marcel Bich dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 25 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1999 36-year-old Mass murderer Zhao Lianrong stabs eight migrant women workers to death in Beijing, Hebei, China. Lianrong's victims were 24-year-old Limei Qi, 22-year-old Jiang Xue Jin, 17-year-old MA Yu Wang, 20-year-old Wusheng Dan, 20-year-old Xu Huijuan, 22-year-old Xiaomei Fang, 21-year-old Sui Flower and 24-year-old Xue Chu Ying.

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(-) 22 years ago Thursday 30th of May 2002 Murderer Stanley Allison Baker is executed by lethal injection at the age of 36 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 18 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 2006 Serial killer Metod Trobec aka The Monster of Dolenja Vas commits suicide by hanging in his cell at the age of 58 in Dob pri Mirni Prison, Slovenska Vas, Dolenjska, Slovenia.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 30th of May 2009 Chris Burden descending a staircase during his performance 'Beam Drop' in Middelheimmuseum, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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