40th year - N° 174 Monday, 23 June 2025

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
40th year - N° 174 Monday, 23 June 2025

23 June / Today's 26 Events:

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(+) 131 years ago Saturday 23rd of June 1894 Sexologist Alfred Charles Kinsey is born in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 131 years ago Saturday 23rd of June 1894 King of the United Kingdom Edward VIII, originally Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David aka The Duke of Windsor is born in White Lodge, Richmond, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 128 years ago Wednesday 23rd of June 1897 Organiser of the Bayreuther Festspiele Winifred Wagner, originally Winifred Marjorie Williams is born in Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 113 years ago Sunday 23rd of June 1912 Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher Alan Mathison Turing aka The Father of Computer Science is born in Maida Vale, 2 Warrington Crescent, Paddington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 98 years ago He Was the New Boy in Town Thursday 23rd of June 1927 Choreographer and film director Bob Robert Louis Fosse is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 87 years ago He Was a Dream Baby Thursday 23rd of June 1938 Musician Alan Vega, originally Boruch Alan Bermowitz known from Proto Punk band Suicide is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 87 years ago Thursday 23rd of June 1938 Victim of Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer Judy Ann Dull, originally Judith Ann Van Horn Dull is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(+) 85 years ago Sunday 23rd of June 1940 Musician Stuart Fergusson Victor 'Stu' Sutcliffe aka The Fifth Beatle is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 66 years ago His Grave Was Ready to Spit on Tuesday 23rd of June 1959 Writer, poet, musician, actor and engineer Boris Vian aka Vernon Sullivan aka Bison Ravi aka Baron Visi aka Brisavion dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 39 in Cinema Marbeuf, 34 Rue Marbeuf, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Minutes after the film version of 'J'Irai Cracher sur Vos Tombes' began Vian reportedly blurted out: "These guys are supposed to be American? My ass!" He then collapsed into his seat and died en route to the hospital.

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(-) 65 years ago Thursday 23rd of June 1960 Rapist and murderer Willard Phillips is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

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(x) 64 years ago Friday 23rd of June 1961 Frank Beck is attacked by serial killer Jürgen Bartsch aka Der Kirmesmörder in Luftschutzbunker, Heegerstraße 34, Langenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Beck survived.

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(+) 63 years ago Saturday 23rd of June 1962 Victim of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono aka The Hillside Stranglers Judy Judith Ann Miller is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 61 years ago Tuesday 23rd of June 1964 26-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 6. Aktion in Galerie Junge Generation, Blutgasse 3, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 58 years ago Friday 23rd of June 1967 Victim of Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal Oliver Lacy aka Birdie is born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 57 years ago Sunday 23rd of June 1968 17-year-old Serial killer Gustaaf Van Eyken aka De Vampier van Muizen escapes from St. Jozef reformatory and rapes an unidentified woman in Mortsel, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 48 years ago Thursday 23rd of June 1977 Child killer Jérôme Carrein is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 38 in Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Carrein was the second-to-last convicted criminal to be executed by the guillotine in France.

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(-) 44 years ago Tuesday 23rd of June 1981 Actress Zarah Leander, originally Sara Stina Hedberg dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 74 in Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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(x) 40 years ago Sunday 23rd of June 1985 47-year-old Serial killer Ian Brady, originally Ian Duncan Stewart aka The Moors Murderers (with Myra Hindley) confesses to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett in a newspaper article by Fred Harrison in Gartree Prison, Gallow Field Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 40 years ago Sunday 23rd of June 1985 329 die in Air India Boeing 747-237B Flight 182 bomb explosion in south of Ireland, the North Atlantic Ocean. The main suspects in the bombing were members of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa and other related groups based in Canada.

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(x) 38 years ago Tuesday 23rd of June 1987 Larry Wayne Pearson is tied up and tortured by serial killer Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher in 4315 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Berdella ensured Pearson became intoxicated before injecting him with chlorpromazine and moving him down to his basement where he drugged and tortured Pearson for six weeks.

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(-) 27 years ago Tuesday 23rd of June 1998 Experimental filmmaker Kurt Kren aka Lord of the Frames dies of pneumonia at the age of 69 in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(-) 19 years ago Friday 23rd of June 2006 Television producer Aaron Spelling dies of a stroke at the age of 83 in Spelling Manor, 594 S Mapleton Drive, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 23rd of June 2007 Ironwork in need of some paint in the railway station in Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 23rd of June 2012 The cover for our limited edition 'Theme for Another Dimension' b/w 'Was Heißt hier Angst?' for The Player in De Player, Hillelaan 49d, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 4 years ago He Uninstalled His System Wednesday 23rd of June 2021 Computer programmer and businessman John David McAfee known for McAfee VirusScan commits suicide by hanging in his cell at the age of 76 in Centre Penitenciari Brians 2, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, Spain. McAfee was arrested in Spain over tax evasion charges on 6 October 2020. The charges were announced shortly after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that it had brought civil charges against McAfee and that he could face 30 years in prison if convicted in the criminal matter.

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3 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 23rd of June 2022 Colourful sky in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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