Sunday, July 7, 2024

39th year - N° 189 Sunday, 7 July 2024

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39th year - N° 189 Sunday, 7 July 2024

7 July / Today's 34 Events:
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720 years ago

Monday 7th of July 1304

194th Pope Benedictus XI, originally Nicola Boccasini dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

According to some sources Benedictus XI was poisoned.


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191 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1833

Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist is born in 33 Rue du Président, Namur, Namur, Belgium.


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164 years ago

Saturday 7th of July 1860

Romantic composer Gustav Mahler is born in Kaliště u Humpolce, Kraj Vysočina, Czechoslovakia.


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137 years ago

Thursday 7th of July 1887

Artist Marc Zakharovich Chagall, originally Moishe Segal is born in Liozna, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.


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134 years ago

Monday 7th of July 1890

Henri Nestlé, originally Heinrich Nestle known for creating condensed milk dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Glion, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.


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133 years ago

Tuesday 7th of July 1891

Model and actress Virginia Rappe, originally Virginia Caroline Rapp known for her death after attending a party with actor Fatty Arbuckle is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.


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125 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1899

Murderer and cannibal Adolph Louis Luetgert, originally Adolph Ludwig Lütgert aka The Sausage King dies of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois, United States.


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123 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1901

Neorealist film director Vittorio De Sica is born in Sora, Lazio, Italy.


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123 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1901

Accomplice of serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hans Grans is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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119 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1905

14-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder burns down a warehouse 'for thrills' in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.


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118 years ago

Saturday 7th of July 1906

Serial poisoner Anna Marie Hahn, originally Filser aka Arsenic Anna aka The Blonde Borgia is born in Füssen, Bayern, Germany.


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117 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1907

Writer Robert Anton Heinlein aka The Dean of Science Fiction Writers is born in Butler, Missouri, United States.


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113 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1911

Murderer Domingo Franco is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.


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108 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1916

Murderer Miguel Peralta is executed by hanging at the age of 40 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.


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102 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1922

Cop killer John L. Rathie is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.


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102 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1922

Cop killer Elvie D. Kerby is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.


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100 years ago

Monday 7th of July 1924

Serial killer Rudolf Pleil aka Der Großten Todmacher is born in Kühberg, Sachsen, Germany.


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97 years ago

Thursday 7th of July 1927

Double murderer Louis Boersig is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia, United States.

Boersig attacked and beat Minnie I. Ridgeway and her daughters, 6-year-old Loretta and 4-year-old Kathleen, mortally injuring the two children at their home in Alexandria.


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94 years ago

Monday 7th of July 1930

Writer Arthur Conan Ignatius Doyle known for creating Sherlock Holmes dies of a heart attack at the age of 71 in Windlesham Manor, Hurtis Hill, Crowborough, East Sussex, United Kingdom.


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89 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1935

Bar manager Kitty Catherine Susan Genovese is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.


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89 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1935

Double murderer David Lee Holland is born in Pineland, Texas, United States.


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84 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1940

Drummer, musician and songwriter Ringo Starr, originally Richard Starkey known from The Beatles is born in 9 Madryn Street, Dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.


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78 years ago

Sunday 7th of July 1946

41-year-old Business magnate, aviator, aerospace engineer, film director and eccentric Howard Robard Hughes crashes with his own designed XF-11 spy-aircraft in Los Angeles Country Club, 10101 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

About 300 yards short of the course the aircraft suddenly lost altitude and clipped three houses. The third house was destroyed by fire and Hughes was nearly killed.


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77 years ago it Was a Floating Balloon

Monday 7th of July 1947

An Unidentified Flying Object supposedly carrying an alien crashes in Foster Ranch, Roswell, New Mexico, United States.

In the 1990s the US military published two reports disclosing the true nature of the crashed object: a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul.


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75 years ago

Thursday 7th of July 1949

Actress and singer Shelley Alexis Duvall is born in Houston, Texas, United States.


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63 years ago

Friday 7th of July 1961

108 die in coal mine fire in Důl Dukla, Dolní Suchá, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.

The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.


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51 years ago

Saturday 7th of July 1973

Megan Siobhan Emerick is presumably abducted and killed by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in Seward Skill Center, Seward, Alaska, United States.


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51 years ago

Saturday 7th of July 1973

Homer Louis Garcia is abducted, tortured, shot and left bleeding to death by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena, Texas, United States.


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42 years ago

Wednesday 7th of July 1982

Amina Agisheff is abducted and strangled by serial killer Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Agisheff's body was found on 20 April 1984.


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37 years ago She Was Asleep

Tuesday 7th of July 1987

Joyce Lucille Nelson is beaten to death by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker in Monterey Park, Los Angeles, California, United States.

 Nelson was asleep on her couch when Ramirez entered the home and beat her to death, taking whatever valuables he could find.


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27 years ago

Monday 7th of July 1997

Leonce Millet is beaten and shot by serial killer Daniel Blank aka The Parish River Killer in Gonzales, Texas, United States.

Leonce and Joyce survived.


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25 years ago

Wednesday 7th of July 1999

Rapist and murderer Tyrone Leroy Tyrone 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

Friday 7th of July 2006

Musician Syd Roger Keith Barrett known from Pink Floyd dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 60 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.



9 years ago The Eyes had it

Tuesday 7th of July 2015

Goldfish in the village 16th century water fountain in Ficarra, Sicilia, Italy.


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