40th year - N° 198 Thursday, 17 July 2025

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40th year - N° 198 Thursday, 17 July 2025

17 July / Today's 30 Events:

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(-) 232 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1793 Assassin Charlotte Corday aka l'Ange de l'Assassinat known for the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat in his bath is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 25 in VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 136 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1889 Lawyer and writer Erle Stanley Gardner known for creating Perry Mason is born in Malden, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 126 years ago Monday 17th of July 1899 Actor James Francis Cagney is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 124 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1901 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Friedel Rothe is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 107 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1918 Emperor of Russia Nikolai II aka Nikolai the Bloody is executed by a firing squad led by Bolshevik officer Yakov Yurovsky at the age of 50 in Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. 46-year-old Tsaritsa Alexandra, their children 17-year-old Anastasia, 21-year-old Tatiana, 22-year-old Olga, 13-year-old Alexei and 19-year-old Maria survived the first hail of bullets; the sisters were wearing over 1.3 kilograms of diamonds and precious gems sewn into their clothing, which provided some initial protection from the bullets and bayonets. They were then stabbed with bayonets and finally shot at close range in their heads.� �Non-family members 53-year-old court physician Eugene Botkin, 40-year-old servant Anna Demidova, 62-year-old head footman Alexei Trupp and 36-year-old head cook Ivan Kharitonov were killed with them.

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(+) 90 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1935 Actor Donald McNichol Sutherland is born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

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(-) 83 years ago Friday 17th of July 1942 Greta Kneller is presumably murdered by doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in 21 Rue Le Sueur, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 81 years ago Monday 17th of July 1944 320 die in Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan explosion in Port Chicago Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, California, United States.

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(+) 80 years ago Tuesday 17th of July 1945 Victim of Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer Eileen Marie Fisher Hunley is born in Hutchinson Reno County, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 79 years ago He Was Aphrodite's Child Wednesday 17th of July 1946 Singer-songwriter Demis Roussos, originally Artemios Ventouris-Roussos is born in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.

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(-) 71 years ago Saturday 17th of July 1954 Presumed murderess Marguerite Jeanne 'Meg' Japy Steinheil aka Lady Abinger aka Mme de Serignac known for her many love affairs with important men dies of natural causes at the age of 85 in Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom.

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(x) 70 years ago Sunday 17th of July 1955 54-year-old Film director and animator Walt Walter Elias Disney opens his first attraction park in Disneyland, Anaheim, California, United States. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney himself.

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(+) 67 years ago Thursday 17th of July 1958 Film director Kar-wai Wong is born in Shanghai, China.

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(-) 66 years ago Friday 17th of July 1959 Singer-songwriter Billie Holiday, originally Eleanora Fagan aka Lady Day dies of pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44 in Metropolitan Hospital, Harlem, New York, New York, United States. On 31 May Holiday was taken to hospital with liver and heart disease. She was arrested for drug possession as she lay dying and her hospital room was raided. Holiday stayed under police guard until she died.

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(+) 57 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1968 Serial killer Yang Xinhai aka The Monster Killer is born in Zhengyang County, Henan, China.

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(x) 54 years ago Saturday 17th of July 1971 46-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey is arrested in Saint Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 50 years ago Thursday 17th of July 1975 40-year-old Serial killer Fritz Friedrich Paul Honka aka Der Frauen-Schlächter von St. Pauli is arrested in Zeißstrasse 74, Ottensen, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. After a fire in the apartment below Honka's attic flat the police found bodyparts of four women.

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(x) 48 years ago Sunday 17th of July 1977 The villa of 78-year-old War criminal and art collector Pieter Nicolaas Menten is burned to the ground by persons unknown in Vliegweg, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 44 years ago Friday 17th of July 1981 114 die in Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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(x) 43 years ago Saturday 17th of July 1982 Noise music band Club Moral play their 17th concert in an exhibition by Janos Veto in Szentendre, Pest, Hungary.

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(-) 29 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1996 Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier dies of prostate cancer at the age of 81 in Prison de Fresnes, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France.

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(x) 29 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1996 230 die in TWA Flight 800 Boeing 747-100 explosion in Moriches Inlet, East Moriches, New York, United States.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 17th of July 2003 10 Minutes Before the Worm in Butterfly Park, Jalan Cendarasari, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(x) 22 years ago Thursday 17th of July 2003 After spending 38 years behind bars 63-year-old Serial killer Klaus Gosmann aka Der Mittagsmörder appeals for a release from prison in Regensburg, Bayern, Germany. Gosmann's appeal was denied.

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(-) 19 years ago He Was Deadly Kissed Monday 17th of July 2006 Writer Mickey Frank Morrison Spillane known for his signature detective character Mike Hammer dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 88 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, United States.

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(x) 18 years ago Tuesday 17th of July 2007 199 die in TAM Airlines Flight 3054 Airbus A320-233 runway crash in São Paulo, Região Sudeste, Brazil || Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Região Sudeste, Brazil.

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(-) 16 years ago Friday 17th of July 2009 CBS anchorman Walter Leland Cronkite aka The Most Trusted Man in America dies of cerebrovascular disease at the age of 93 in New York City, New York, United States.

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16 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 17th of July 2009 An Easter Bunny lost in time in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 17th of July 2015 Blurred vision on the bus from Catania to Messina in Taormina, Sicilia, Italy.

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(-) 5 years ago Friday 17th of July 2020 Multiple murderer Dustin Lee Honken is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Honken's last words were "Hail Mary, Mother of God, pray for me."

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40th year - N° 197 Wednesday, 16 July 2025

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40th year - N° 197 Wednesday, 16 July 2025

16 July / Today's 30 Events:

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(-) 468 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1557 Fourth wife of Henry VIII Anna von Kleve dies of cancer at the age of 42 in Chelsea Manor, Chelsea, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. von Kleve was the last of Henry's six wives to die.

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(+) 153 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1872 Explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen is born in Borge, Østlandet, Norway.

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(-) 118 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1907 Kidnapper and child murderer Leonardo Gebbia is executed by hanging at the age of 21 in Hahnville, Louisiana, United States.

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(+) 114 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1911 Dancer, singer and actress Ginger Rogers, originally Virginia Katherine McMath is born in 100 Moore Street, Independence, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 105 years ago Friday 16th of July 1920 Actor Edwin Cooper aka Bozo the Clown is born in Arlington, Texas, United States.

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(+) 96 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1929 Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is born in Mound City, Missouri, United States.

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(-) 92 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1933 Black James Sanders is lynched by repeated shots for writing obscene letters to a white girl at the age of 25 in Bolton, Mississippi, United States.

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(-) 89 years ago She Smoked Unconscious Thursday 16th of July 1936 Murderess Mary Frances Creighton aka The Long Island Borgia is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States. Creighton had passed out prior to the execution and was executed in an unconscious state.

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(-) 89 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1936 Murderer Everett C. Applegate is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

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(+) 84 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 1941 Musician Desmond Dekker, originally Desmond Adolphus Dacres is born in Saint Andrew Parish, Surrey, Jamaica.

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(-) 83 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1942 Kurt Kneller is murdered by doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in 21 Rue Le Sueur, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 74 years ago Monday 16th of July 1951 The novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' by 32-year-old Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger known for his novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is first published by Little, Brown and Company in New York City, New York, United States. The Catcher in the Rye was a popular success; within two months of its publication it had been reprinted eight times.

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(x) 73 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 1952 14-year-old Serial killer Ian Brady, originally Ian Duncan Stewart aka The Moors Murderers (with Myra Hindley) is charged with housebreaking in Govan Juvenile Court, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Brady got off with a minimal sentence on probation.

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(+) 71 years ago Friday 16th of July 1954 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Eva Sybille Haule-Frimpong is born in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 71 years ago Friday 16th of July 1954 Cop killer Merle Martin is executed by hanging at the age of 45 in United States Penitentiary, Metropolitan Avenue, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.

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(x) 59 years ago He Was Born to Lose Saturday 16th of July 1966 25-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell tries to commit suicide by slashing his wrists in Starr Hotel, 617 W. Madison, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Speck was taken to Cook County Hospital at 12:30 a.m. the next day. At the hospital Speck was recognized by 25-year-old surgical Dr. LeRoy Smith, who had read about the murderer's 'Born To Raise Hell' tattoo in a newspaper story.

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(x) 44 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1981 52-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is arrested as Richard Clark while abducting 11-year-old Todd Peers in Bettendorf, Iowa, United States.

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(-) 43 years ago Friday 16th of July 1982 Actor Patrick Dewaere, originally Patrick Jean Marie Henri Bourdeaux commits suicide by a shot in his mouth at the age of 35 in 25 Impasse du Moulin-Vert, XIVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Dewaere used a 22 Long Rifle given to him by Coluche.

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(-) 40 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1985 Writer Heinrich Theodor Böll dies of angiopathy at the age of 68 in Langenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 36 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1989 Conductor Herbert Ritter von Karajan dies of a heart attack at the age of 81 in Anif, Salzburg, Austria.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 16th of July 2003 Interesting shopwindows in the Indian shopping district in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(x) 21 years ago Friday 16th of July 2004 94 die in school fire in Krishna English Medium School, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.

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(x) 15 years ago Friday 16th of July 2010 A High Court decides that 64-year-old Serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper will never be released during his lifetime in Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Sutcliffe was given 20 life terms in 1981 for thirteen murders and seven other attacks. In prison he changed his name to Peter Coonan.

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(-) 11 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 2014 Musician Johnny John Dawson Winter dies of unknown causes at the age of 70 in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 16th of July 2015 The ruins of an abandoned abbey, destroyed by an earthquake in 1783 in Gioiosa Vecchio, Sicilia, Italy.

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(-) 9 years ago Frankie Left the Building Saturday 16th of July 2016 Musician Alan Vega, originally Boruch Alan Bermowitz known from Proto Punk band Suicide dies of natural causes at the age of 78 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 8 years ago The Zombies Came to Take Him Away Sunday 16th of July 2017 Film director George Andrew Romero aka The Grandfather of the Zombie known for Night of the Living Dead dies of lung cancer at the age of 77 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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(-) 5 years ago Thursday 16th of July 2020 Kidnapper and murderer Wesley Ira Purkey is executed by lethal injection at the age of 67 in United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.

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(-) 2 years ago Sunday 16th of July 2023 Actress and singer Jane Mallory Birkin dies of unknown causes at the age of 77 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 1 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 2024 Six people are found dead, poisoned by cyanide, in room 502 believed to be a case of murder-suicide in Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, 494 Ratchadamri Rd, Lumphini, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand. Four of the victims were Vietnamese nationals; 46-year-old Thi Nguyen Phuong, her 49-year-old husband Hong Pham Thanh, 47-year-old Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan and 37-year-old Dinh Tran Phu. The other two were American citizens of Vietnamese origin; 56-year-old Sherine Chong, and 55-year-old Dang Hung Van.

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