40th year - N° 194 Sunday, 13 July 2025

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40th year - N° 194 Sunday, 13 July 2025

13 July / Today's 25 Events:

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(+) 2125 years ago Tuesday 13th of July 0100bc Dictator of the Roman Empire Julius Gaius Caesar is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 1086 years ago Monday 13th of July 0939 126th Pope Leo VII dies of unknown causes in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(x) 776 years ago Tuesday 13th of July 1249 8-year-old King of Scots Alexander III aka Alaxandair mac Alaxandair is crowned as King of the Scots in Scone Abbey, Scone, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 498 years ago Wednesday 13th of July 1527 Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and occult philosopher John Dee is born in Tower Ward, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 435 years ago Friday 13th of July 1590 239th Pope Clemens X, originally Emilio Bonaventura Altieri is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 232 years ago Saturday 13th of July 1793 Activist during the French Revolution Jean-Paul Marat is stabbed to death in his bath by 24-year-old Charlotte Corday at the age of 50 in Rue de Cordeliers 20, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Marat spent most of the time of his last three years in his bath due to dermatitis herpetiformes.

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(-) 218 years ago Monday 13th of July 1807 Murderer Richard Faulkner is executed by hanging at the age of 15 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Faulkner killed 13-year-old George Burnham on 15th February by cruelly beating him to death for no other cause than to revenge his mother having thrown some dirty water upon him.

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(-) 119 years ago Friday 13th of July 1906 Murderer George W. Lauth is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(x) 105 years ago Tuesday 13th of July 1920 27-year-old Serial killer Friedrich Schumann aka Der Massenmörder vom Falkenhager See is sentenced to seven death penalties, one life sentence, ten years hard labour and several other sentences in Schwurgerichtskammer des Landgerichts III, Tegeler Weg 17-21, Moabit, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Schumann was found guilty of 34 crimes; murders, attempted murders and robberies.

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(-) 91 years ago Friday 13th of July 1934 Murderer George J. Shaughnessy is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 19 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(x) 89 years ago Monday 13th of July 1936 Start of the trial against 28-year-old Serial killer and leader of the so called 'Salaligan' Sigvard Thurneman, originally Sven Emil Sigvard Nilsson aka The Doctor and his gang members Eric Hedström, Roland Abrahamsson, Herbert Jansson and Åke Lindberg in Västerås, Västmanlands Län, .

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(+) 81 years ago Thursday 13th of July 1944 Inventor and architect Ernő Rubik known for the mechanical puzzle Rubik’s Cube is born in Budapest, Közép-Magyarország, Hungary.

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(+) 79 years ago Saturday 13th of July 1946 Stand-up comedian and actor Cheech Richard Anthony Marin known from the comedy act Cheech & Chong is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 74 years ago Friday 13th of July 1951 Composer Arnold Schönberg dies of heart failure at the age of 77 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Schönberg had spent the whole day in bed suffering from triskaidekaphobia. On his seventy-sixth birthday, his friend, mentor and fellow composer Oskar Adler wrote Schönberg a note warning him that the year was a critical one: 7 + 6 = 13. This stunned and depressed the composer, for up to that point he had only been wary of multiples of 13 and never considered adding the digits of his age.

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(-) 71 years ago She Hoped Never to Return Tuesday 13th of July 1954 Painter Frida Kahlo, originally Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón dies of pulmonary embolism at the age of 47 in La Casa Azul, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. Kahlo attempted to commit suicide a couple of times but no official autopsy was done. The last words in her diary were "I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope never to return".

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(-) 70 years ago Wednesday 13th of July 1955 Murderess Ruth Ellis is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint at the age of 29 in Holloway Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her 25-year-old lover David Blakely on 10 April 1955.

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(-) 58 years ago He Went On Until Off Thursday 13th of July 1967 Cyclist Tom Thomas Simpson drops dead due to the lethal combination of Tonedron amphetamines, alcohol, exhaustion and heat in the 13th stage of the Tour de France cyclist rally at the age of 30 in Mont Ventoux, Vaucluse, France. Simpson's last words as remembered by team mechanic Harry Hall were "On, on, on."

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(x) 55 years ago He Was a Hippie Satanist with a Problem Monday 13th of July 1970 22-year-old Murderer and cannibal Stanley Dean Baker is arrested with Harry Allen Stroup carrying in his pocket the fingers of 22-year-old James Schlosser, whom he killed, cut out the heart and ate it in Big Sur, California, United States. Baker had both a recipe for LSD and a copy of The Satanic Bible in his possession. He readily confessed involvement in the accident, startling police as he added "I have a problem. I'm a cannibal."

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(-) 44 years ago Monday 13th of July 1981 Irish republican hunger striker Martin Edward Hurson, originally Mairtin O hUrsain dies of dehydration after 46 days of hungerstriking at the age of 25 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Hurson, replacing Brendan McLaughlin who withdrew following a perforated stomach ulcer, was the sixth to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

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(-) 39 years ago He Was that He Was Sunday 13th of July 1986 Artist, writer and sound poet Brion John Clifford Gysin aka The Father of Cut-up dies of lung cancer at the age of 70 in 135 rue Saint-Martin, IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 38 years ago Monday 13th of July 1987 Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist terrorist Ajmal Mohammed Amir Kasab is born in Faridkot, Punjab, Pakistan.

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(x) 26 years ago Tuesday 13th of July 1999 40-year-old Serial killer Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, originally Ángel Leoncio Reyes Recendis aka The Railroad Killer turns himself in to Immigration and Naturalization Services officials in El Paso, Texas, United States. Reséndiz was being hunted down by the FBI for over a month.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 13th of July 2003 A superb portion of beef flank in a specialty restaurant in Hong Kong, China.

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12 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 13th of July 2013 A lot of stitches in my shattered left leg after a chance encounter with a yellow car while riding my bike in Stuivenberg Ziekenhuis, Lange Beeldekensstraat 267, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 1 years ago Saturday 13th of July 2024 Would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks known for attempting to assassinate Ex-President Donald Trump is shot dead by a Secret Service Counter Assault Team sniper after attempting to assassinate ex-President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the age of 21 in Butler Farm Show Grounds, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. Crooks fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle before being killed. Trump was shot in the upper right ear. 50-year-old Corey Comperatore was killed and two other adult male rally attendees were critically injured.

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40th year - N° 193 Saturday, 12 July 2025

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40th year - N° 193 Saturday, 12 July 2025

12 July / Today's 26 Events:

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(-) 489 years ago Sunday 12th of July 1536 Humanist and theologian Desiderius Roterodamus Erasmus dies of dysentery at the age of 70 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.

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(x) 482 years ago Monday 12th of July 1543 King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor dies of dysentery in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(+) 208 years ago Saturday 12th of July 1817 Writer, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau known for his book ‘Walden’ is born in Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse, Concord, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 171 years ago Wednesday 12th of July 1854 Innovator and entrepreneur George Eastman is born in 29 Stafford Avenue, Waterville, New York, United States.

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(+) 151 years ago Sunday 12th of July 1874 Radical artist and poet Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, originally Else Hildegard Plötz aka The Dadaist Baroness is born in Swinemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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(+) 145 years ago Monday 12th of July 1880 Film director Tod Charles Albert Browning is born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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(-) 143 years ago Wednesday 12th of July 1882 Composer Alfred Humphreys Pease is born at the age of 44 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 141 years ago Saturday 12th of July 1884 Artist Amedeo Clemente Modigliani is born in Via Roma 38, Livorno, Toscana, Italy.

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(x) 131 years ago Thursday 12th of July 1894 33-year-old Murderer Albert Joseph Pierre Bruneau aka The Murderous Priest is sentenced to death for the murder of Abbé Fricot in Laval, Mayenne, France.

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(-) 113 years ago Friday 12th of July 1912 Beatrice Constance Annie Mundy aka Bessie is drowned by serial killer George Joseph Smith aka The Brides in the Bath Murderer in 80 High Street, Herne Bay, Kent, United Kingdom.

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(+) 101 years ago Saturday 12th of July 1924 Victim of Andrew Cunanan aka American Gigolo/American Psycho Lee Albert Miglin is born in Westville, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago Monday 12th of July 1926 Writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell aka The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq commits suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 58 in Baġdād, Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād, Iraq. There is much debate on Bell's death but it is unknown whether the overdose was an intentional suicide or accidental since she had asked her maid to wake her.

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(-) 90 years ago Friday 12th of July 1935 Artillery officer and presumed traitor Alfred Dreyfus dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 67 years ago Saturday 12th of July 1958 33-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey attacks and rapes an unidentified 31-year-old woman in La Rozelle, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(-) 62 years ago Friday 12th of July 1963 Pauline Reade is abducted and her head smashed with a shovel by serial killers the Moors Murderers aka Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in Hollin Brown Knoll, Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. In March 1987 Myra Hindley visited the Moors several times trying to find their missing victims' graves. On the afternoon of 1 July 1987, after more than 100 days of searching, the police found Reade's body lying in a shallow grave 90cm below the surface.

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(x) 61 years ago She Mistook it for Powdered Sugar Sunday 12th of July 1964 Twenty-two people die and 128 become seriously ill when they were accidentally poisoned during a memorial service in Stilia, Phocis, Greece. The victims were attending a mnemósynon, an orthodox memorial service for the late Grigorios Apostolopoulos, and were served koliva a traditional food associated with the service. The widow had accidentally put a powdered insecticide on the dish of wheat and raisins while preparing it, after having mistaken it for powdered sugar.

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(-) 56 years ago Saturday 12th of July 1969 Maria Hettgen is sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale in Hardenbergerufer, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(x) 54 years ago Monday 12th of July 1971 37-year-old Serial killer Juan Vallejo Corona aka The Machete Murderer is indicted with a 25 murder count in Yuba City, California, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago His Cigar Was Still Between His Teeth Thursday 12th of July 1979 Mobster and boss of the Bonanno crime family Carmine Galante aka The Cigar aka Lilo is shot dead by three ski-masked men just as he finished eating lunch at the age of 69 in Joe and Mary's Italian-American Restaurant, 205 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. Galante died with a cigar still held between his teeth.

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(x) 46 years ago Thursday 12th of July 1979 Over 80 die in hotel fire in Hotel Corona de Aragón, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. At the time of the event the hotel lodged high-profile General Franco family members Carmen Polo, Carmen Franco y Polo and Cristóbal Martínez Bordiú as well as many high-ranking military personnel, five of whom died in the fire.

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(-) 39 years ago Saturday 12th of July 1986 Trevor Thomas is strangled in his bathtub by serial killer Kenneth Erskine aka The Stockwell Strangler in Barton Court, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 36 years ago Wednesday 12th of July 1989 31-year-old Spree killer Christian Dornier shoots 15 people, including his 57-year-old mother Jeanne and 26-year-old sister Corinne, to death in Luxiol, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Other victims included Pierre Boeuf, Marie-Alice Champroy, 67-year-old Louis Cuenot, 5-year-old Pauline Faivre-Pierret, 47-year-old Louis Girardot, 45-year-old Marcel Lechine, 50-year-old Louis Liard, 81-year-old Marie Périard, her 79-year-old brother Stanislas, 40-year-old Georges Pernin, 10-year-old Johann Robez-Masson and his 14-year-old brother < strong>Johnny. Dornier was chased by 40 police officers and wounded in the stomach during a shootout before being taken into custody. He was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and thus could not be held accountable for his crime according to French law.

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(-) 26 years ago Monday 12th of July 1999 Mass murderer Cyrano A. Marks commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 40 in 3783 Adamsville Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Minutes before Marks killed his 33-year-old girlfriend Deleane Briskey, her children 15-year-old Craig DeCarlo, 16-year-old Tasha, 13-year-old David Antonio and 9-year-old Antuan Lucas and Deleane's 37-year-old sister Essie Jo Hugley. 11-year-old Santonio Lucas survived.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 12th of July 2003 I walked about 15kms of the Hong Kong Trail in just one afternoon, starting off from The Peak via the Pokfulam Water Reservoir and Chi Fu Fa Yuen to Aberdeen, then took a bus back to my lodgings at Wang Fat Apartments in Wan Chai in Hong Kong, China.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 12th of July 2003 A lotus flower somewhere on the way between the Peak and Aberdeen in Hong Kong, China.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 12th of July 2015 A striking blue flower on the cathedral wall in Duomo di Monreale, Monreale, Sicilia, Italy.

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