40th year - N° 96 Sunday, 6 April 2025

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40th year - N° 96 Sunday, 6 April 2025

6 April / Today's 36 Events:

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(-) 826 years ago the Lion by the Ant Was Slain Tuesday 6th of April 1199 King of England Richard I aka Richard the Lionheart aka Richard Coeur de Lion dies of gangrene at the age of 42 in Châlus, Aquitaine, France. On 25 March Richard was struck in the left shoulder near the neck by a crossbowman while walking around the unarmed castle of Châlus-Chabrol.  He tried to pull the arrow out in the privacy of his tent but failed. A surgeon called a 'butcher' removed it, carelessly mangling the King's arm in the process.

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(+) 542 years ago Friday 6th of April 1483 Painter Raphael, originally Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino is born in Urbino, Marche, Italy.

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(-) 505 years ago It Was a Lovely Way to Burn Tuesday 6th of April 1520 Painter Raphael, originally Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino dies of fever at the age of 37 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Raphael's fever was caused by a night of excessive sex with Margherita Luti and not telling his doctors that this was its cause was given the wrong cure which killed him.

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(-) 497 years ago Friday 6th of April 1528 Painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer dies of unknown causes at the age of 57 in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 133 years ago Wednesday 6th of April 1892 Aircraft designer Donald Wills Douglas is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 131 years ago Friday 6th of April 1894 Murderer Alfred Arthur Rouse aka the Blazing Car Murderer is born in Milkwood Road, Herne Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 130 years ago Saturday 6th of April 1895 41-year-old Poet and writer Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the 9th Marquess of Queensberry John Sholto Douglas in Cadogan Hotel, Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Wilde was charged with "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885.

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(+) 110 years ago Tuesday 6th of April 1915 Theatre director, painter, sculptor and set designer Tadeusz Kantor known for his piece Dead Class is born in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland.

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(-) 101 years ago Sunday 6th of April 1924 Alfred Hogrefe is killed and his meat sold by serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf in Das Mordhaus, Rote Reihe 4, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 95 years ago Sunday 6th of April 1930 Cop killer Jacques Fesch is born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 81 years ago He Was Bad Blood Thursday 6th of April 1944 Serial killer Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj, originally Bharat Rajpurohit aka Bad Blood is born in Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam.

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(-) 80 years ago Friday 6th of April 1945 Murderer Lee Albert Smith is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 62 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(-) 79 years ago Saturday 6th of April 1946 Murderer Patrick Carraher aka The Fiend of the Gorbals is executed by hanging by Thomas Pierrepoint at the age of 40 in Barlinnie Prison, Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(x) 75 years ago Thursday 6th of April 1950 110 die in train derailment in Leopoldina Railway, Tanguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Heavy rain caused a bridge to collapse under a train.

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(-) 74 years ago Friday 6th of April 1951 Murderer Preston F. McBride is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Lansing Correctional Facility, 301 E Kansas Avenue, Lansing, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 71 years ago Tuesday 6th of April 1954 Child killer Christian Ranucci aka Le Pull-Over Rouge is born in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(+) 70 years ago Wednesday 6th of April 1955 Serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson aka The Happy Face Killer is born in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

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(+) 68 years ago Saturday 6th of April 1957 Victim of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono aka The Hillside Stranglers Kristina Weckler is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 67 years ago Sunday 6th of April 1958 Triple murderer John Starling Gardner is born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.

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(-) 55 years ago Monday 6th of April 1970 Presumed murderer Sam Samuel Holmes Sheppard dies of Wernicke's encephalopathy at the age of 47 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 54 years ago Tuesday 6th of April 1971 Composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky dies of pulmonary edema at the age of 89 in 920 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 50 years ago Sunday 6th of April 1975 Denise Lynne Nicholson Oliverson is abducted and killed by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Bundy confessed to Oliverson's murder shortly before his 1989 execution. Oliverson's body was never found.

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(-) 49 years ago Tuesday 6th of April 1976 Darrell J. Samson is raped and strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 37 years ago Wednesday 6th of April 1988 46-year-old Kidnapper and murderer Ferdi Paul Robert Ferdinand Elsas is arrested in Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Elsas had spent a marked 250 Gulden bill from ransom money for Gerrit Jan Heijn in liquor store Dirck III in the Kamperfoelieweg in Amsterdam and was later caught on camera. Elsas had shot Heijn dead on the day of the kidnapping, 9 September 1987.

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(x) 35 years ago The NightWatch Didn't See Him Coming Friday 6th of April 1990 32-year-old Art vandal Paul Gokkel known for spraying Rembrandt’s ‘Nachtwacht’ with acid sprays Rembrandt's 'Nachtwacht' with sulphuric acid in Rijksmuseum, Museumplein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 33 years ago Monday 6th of April 1992 Science fiction writer and professor of biochemistry Isaac Asimov, originally Isaak Yudovich Ozimov dies of HIV at the age of 72 in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. In December 1983 Asimov had triple bypass surgery during which he contracted HIV from a blood transfusion.

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(-) 33 years ago He Took a Quick Breath Monday 6th of April 1992 Multiple murderer Donald Eugene Harding is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 43 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States. "When the fumes enveloped Don's head he took a quick breath. A few seconds later he again looked in my direction. His face was red and contorted as if he were attempting to fight through tremendous pain. His mouth was pursed shut and his jaw was clenched tight. Don then took several more quick gulps of the fumes. At this point Don's body started convulsing violently.... His face and body turned a deep red and the veins in his temple and neck began to bulge until I thought they might explode. After about a minute Don's face leaned partially forward but he was still conscious. Every few seconds he continued to gulp in. He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms. His head continued to snap back. His hands were clenched. After several more minutes the most violent of the convulsions subsided. At this time the muscles along Don's left arm and back began twitching in a wave-like motion under his skin. Spittle drooled from his mouth.... Don did not stop moving for approximately eight minutes and after that he continued to twitch and jerk for another minute. Approximately two minutes later we were told by a prison official that the execution was complete. Don Harding took ten minutes and thirty-one seconds to die."

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(-) 30 years ago Thursday 6th of April 1995 Murderer Noble Mays is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 27 years ago Monday 6th of April 1998 Musician Wendy O. Orlean Williams aka The Queen of Shock Rock known from The Plasmatics commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 49 in Storrs, Connecticut, United States.

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(-) 27 years ago Monday 6th of April 1998 Singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette, originally Virginia Wynette Pugh aka The First Lady of Country Music dies of a blood clot in her lung at the age of 56 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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(x) 26 years ago Tuesday 6th of April 1999 57-year-old Mass murderer Gary Richard Beach is arrested when the police finds five decomposing bodies in his house in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Beach's victims were his 45-year-old stepnephew Kenneth Gulley, his 32-year-old stepson Michael Davis, 28-year-old Mark Nelson, 61-year-old Jeral Nickerson and 27-year-old Christopher Conrad.

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(-) 15 years ago Tuesday 6th of April 2010 First female chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Pearl Mankiller dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 65 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States.

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(-) 14 years ago Wednesday 6th of April 2011 Victim of Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper Olive Smelt dies of pneumonia at the age of 82 in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Smelt survived an attack by Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper on 15 August 1975.

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(-) 11 years ago Sunday 6th of April 2014 Vaudeville performer and actor Mickey Rooney, originally Joseph Yule dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 6th of April 2015 Amazing ruins in Convento del Desierto, Cam. de Gramenales Altos, Calanda, Teruel, Spain.

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6 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 6th of April 2019 The inside of the copper dome in Temppeliaukio Church, Töölö, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.

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