39th year - N° 288 Monday, 14 October 2024

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39th year - N° 288 Monday, 14 October 2024

14 October / Today's 32 Events:

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(+) 165 years ago Friday 14th of October 1859 French anarchist Ravachol, originally François Claudius Koënigstein is born in Saint-Chamond, Loire, France.

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(+) 148 years ago Saturday 14th of October 1876 Illegalist Jules Bonnot aka Le Bourgeois known from ‘La Bande à Bonnot’ is born in Pont-de-Roide, Franche-Comté, France.

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(+) 134 years ago Tuesday 14th of October 1890 34th President of the United States Dwight David Eisenhower aka Ike is born in Denison, Texas, United States.

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(+) 112 years ago Monday 14th of October 1912 Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Muriel Amelia Eady is born in Plaistow, London, East London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 112 years ago Progressive Cause Saved His Life Monday 14th of October 1912 Theodore Roosevelt aka Teddy is shot by would-be assassin John Schrank in Hotel Gilpatrick, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The bullet lodged in Roosevelt's chest after penetrating his steel eyeglass case and passing through a 50 pages single-folded copy of the speech titled "Progressive Cause Greater than any Individual" which he was carrying in his jacket.

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(x) 111 years ago Tuesday 14th of October 1913 439 die in methane and hydrogen firedamp explosion and fire in Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Wales, United Kingdom.

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(+) 97 years ago Friday 14th of October 1927 Actor Roger George Moore known for his role as British secret agent James Bond is born in Stockwell, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 92 years ago Friday 14th of October 1932 Fluxus artist Wolf Vostell is born in Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 89 years ago Monday 14th of October 1935 Minimal composer La Monte Thornton Young is born in Bern, Idaho, United States.

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(x) 81 years ago Thursday 14th of October 1943 About 300 of 600 prisoners led by Soviet-Jewish POW Alexander Pechersky attempt to escape in KZ Sobibor, Sobibor, Województwo Lubelskie, Poland. They killed 11 German SS officers, overpowered the camp guards and seized the armory. 158 escapees we killed by the guards or in the minefield surrounding the camp. A further 107 were killed either by the SS, Wehrmacht, or Orpo police units pursuing the escapees.

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(+) 80 years ago Saturday 14th of October 1944 Actor Udo Kier, originally Udo Kierspe is born in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 80 years ago Saturday 14th of October 1944 Member of the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) Txabi Etxebarrieta aka Xabier Etxebarrieta Ortiz is born in Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain. Etxebarrieta became the first ETA member to be shot dead by the Guardia Civil.

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(-) 80 years ago Saturday 14th of October 1944 Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel aka Wüstenfuchs commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 53 in Herrlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rommel was forced to commit suicide because he was implicated in the 20 July plot to assassinate the Führer.

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(-) 71 years ago Wednesday 14th of October 1953 Valentin Lehmann is poisoned with E 605 by serial poisoner Christa Lehmann aka The Mass Poisoner of Worms in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Valentin was Lehmann's father in law who saw the reputation of his house in danger with Christa's ever-changing love affairs.

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(+) 71 years ago Wednesday 14th of October 1953 Serial killer Bobby Joe Long, originally Robert Joseph Long aka The Adman Rapist is born in Kenova, West Virginia, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago Tuesday 14th of October 1958 Musician Thomas Dolby, originally Thomas Morgan Robertson is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 65 years ago Wednesday 14th of October 1959 Actor Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn dies of a heart attack at the age of 50 in Apartment No. 201, 1310 Burnaby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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(x) 56 years ago Monday 14th of October 1968 Start of the trial against die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe members Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Thorwald Proll and Horst Söhnlein for an arson-attack on Kaufhaus Schneider in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 54 years ago Wednesday 14th of October 1970 Bomb attack by The Proud Eagle Tribe of Weather, the Women's Brigade of the Radical left organisation the Weather Underground in Harvard Center for International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The bombing was a reaction to Black Activist Angela Davis' arrest and a protest against the war in Vietnam. It was the first action undertaken by an all-women's unit of the Weather Underground.

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(+) 50 years ago Monday 14th of October 1974 Porn actress Jessica Drake is born in San Antonio, Texas, United States.

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(x) 48 years ago Thursday 14th of October 1976 41-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker is sentenced to life-imprisonment in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. While in prison Kallinger made several suicide attempts, including attempting to set himself on fire.

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(-) 47 years ago Friday 14th of October 1977 Singer and actor Bing Harry Lillis Crosby dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in La Moraleja Golf Course, Alcobendas, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

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(-) 45 years ago Sunday 14th of October 1979 Alonzo C. Daniels is abducted, sexually abused and drowned in a bathtub by child molester and serial killer Arthur Gary Bishop aka The Mormon Murderer in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Daniels' body was found on 24 July 1983 along with four other boys.

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(x) 45 years ago He Gave Up After a Couple of Blocks Sunday 14th of October 1979 Christie Hayes is abducted and attacked by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in The Embers, 137 West 5th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Hayes got into Hansen's camper on an agreement to perform oral sex. Hansen pulled a gun and forced Hayes to strip, then bound her with a snare wire. Fearing for her life Hayes began to scream. Worried that someone would hear the screams and call the police Hansen drove out to the wilderness. As he maneuvered the pickup through the streets of Anchorage to get to Glenn Highway Hayes managed to squirm out of her bonds and was p ounding on the camper walls. Hansen slammed on the brakes and got out and ran around to the back of the camper but he couldn't get in because Hayes had locked the camper door. She then crawled through the sliding glass window between the camper and the cab and locked the cab doors as well. Hansen stuck his arm through the partway rolled down driver's window to pull up the lock. Hayes then cranked the window up, trapping Hansen's arm. Enraged, Hansen freed his arm by breaking the window and yanked naked Hayes out of the cab and threw her on the ground. After getting thrown naked to the ground Hayes bounced back up to her feet and ran down the street. And despite being barefoot Hansen couldn't catch her and gave up after a couple of blocks.

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(+) 41 years ago Friday 14th of October 1983 Porn actress Vanessa Lane is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 41 years ago Friday 14th of October 1983 30-year-old Melvin Reynolds is released from prison after serving 4 years for a murder committed by 54-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate in Missouri State Penitentiary aka The Walls, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Reynolds had been imprisoned since 2 January 1980 for the murder of 4-year-old Eric Christgen on 27 May 1978.

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(+) 40 years ago Sunday 14th of October 1984 Baby Fae, originally Stephanie Fae Beauclair known for becoming the first infant receiving the heart of a baboon is born in Barstow, California, United States.

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(-) 34 years ago Sunday 14th of October 1990 Composer Leonard Bernstein dies of a heart attack at the age of 72 in New York City, New York, United States. On the day of Bernstein's funeral procession through the streets of Manhattan, construction workers removed their hats and waved, yelling "Goodbye, Lenny."

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(-) 27 years ago Tuesday 14th of October 1997 Writer Harold Robbins, originally Harold Rubin dies of respiratory heart failure at the age of 81 in Desert Hospital, 1150 N Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California, United States.

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(-) 25 years ago Thursday 14th of October 1999 Serial killer Jerry Walter McFadden aka Animal is executed by lethal injection at the age of 51 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. On 4 May 1986 McFadden kidnapped, raped, shot and strangled 20-year-old Gena Turner, 19-year-old Bryan Boone and 18-year-old Suzanne Harrison as they took a trip to Lake Hawkins.

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12 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 14th of October 2012 Mushrooms on a tree stump in Rivierenhof, Deurne, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 5 years ago Monday 14th of October 2019 Singer, songwriter, actress and K-pop star Choi Jin-ri aka Sulli commits suicide due to depressive moods at the age of 25 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

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