40th year - N° 257 Sunday, 14 September 2025

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40th year - N° 257 Sunday, 14 September 2025

14 September / Today's 23 Events:

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(-) 310 years ago Saturday 14th of September 1715 Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon known for his contributions to the production and quality of champagne dies of unknown causes at the age of 76 in Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Hautvillers, Marne, France.

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(-) 127 years ago His Death Wasn't Calculated Wednesday 14th of September 1898 Inventor of the calculating machine William Seward Burroughs dies of unknown causes at the age of 43 in Citronelle, Alabama, United States.

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(-) 124 years ago Saturday 14th of September 1901 25th President of the United States William McKinley dies of gangrene at the age of 58 in Milburn House, Buffalo, New York, United States. McKinley got gangrene due to septic gunshot wounds suffered in an attack by Polish anarchist Leon Czolgosz on 5 September.

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(-) 103 years ago Thursday 14th of September 1922 Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall is shot in the head by persons unknown at the age of 41 in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. Hall was found on 16 September 1922 next to his 34-year-old lover Eleanor Reinhardt Mills who was also shot in the head three times. Mills' throat was cut and her tongue had been cut out. A pile of torn love letters was found strewn around over the bodies.

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(-) 98 years ago Wednesday 14th of September 1927 Dancer Isadora Angela Duncan aka The Mother of Modern Dance dies of strangulation and carotid artery insult at the age of 49 in Promenade des Anglais, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Duncan's long shawl got tangled in the wheel of the Amilcar GS driven by her mechanic Benoît Falchetto.

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(-) 93 years ago Wednesday 14th of September 1932 Assassin Paul Gorguloff, originally Pavel Timofeyevich Gorgulov known for shooting French President Paul Doumer is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 37 in Prison de la Santé, 42 Rue de la Santé, XIVe, Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Gorguloff's last words were "Russia, my country!".

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(+) 74 years ago Friday 14th of September 1951 Irish republican hunger striker Joe Joseph McDonnel, originally Seosamh Mac Domhnaill is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 71 years ago Tuesday 14th of September 1954 Gang leader and multiple murderer Genaro Ruiz Gene Camacho is born in Mercedes, Texas, United States.

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(+) 68 years ago Saturday 14th of September 1957 Triple murderer Steven Ceon Renfro is born in Marshall, Texas, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago Monday 14th of September 1959 Victim of Dean Corll aka The Candyman James Stanton Dreymala is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(+) 58 years ago Thursday 14th of September 1967 Pornographic actress Anna Malle, originally Anna Marie Stout aka Anna Hotop is born in Havana, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 53 years ago Thursday 14th of September 1972 Aiko Koo is strangled and cut to pieces by serial killer Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Saturday 14th of September 1974 Gwen Burton is assaulted and raped with a hammer by serial killer Harvey Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Burton was left for dead but survived.

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(x) 50 years ago Sunday 14th of September 1975 Art vandal Arie Van Dijck attacks Rembrandt's 'Nightwatch' with a knife in Rijksmuseum, Museumplein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 43 years ago Tuesday 14th of September 1982 Actress and Princess of Monaco Grace Patricia Kelly succumbs to injuries sustained in a traffic collision the day before at the age of 53 in Centre hospitalier Princesse-Grace, 1 Avenue Pasteur, La Colle, Monaco. Kelly lost control of her 1971 Rover P6 3500 and drove off the steep winding road and down the 37 m mountainside. Her daughter Stéphanie who was in the passenger seat tried but failed to regain control of the car. Kelly suffered two brain hemorrhages. The first occurred prior to the crash and is believed to have been the inciting incident that led to the crash. The second occured while in hospital is believed to have been the result of physical trauma sustained in the crash.

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(-) 43 years ago Tuesday 14th of September 1982 Commander of the Lebanese Forces and President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel, originally Sheikh Bashīr al-Jimayyel is assassinated with 26 other Phalange politicians in a bomb explosion at the age of 35 in Achrafieh, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

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(+) 37 years ago Wednesday 14th of September 1988 Mass murderer Derrick Ryan Dearman known for the Citronelle homicides is born in Leakesville, Mississippi, United States.

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(-) 36 years ago Thursday 14th of September 1989 Bandleader and composer Pérez Dámaso Prado aka King of the Mambo dies of a stroke at the age of 73 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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(-) 26 years ago Tuesday 14th of September 1999 Murderer William Prince Davis is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(x) 22 years ago Sunday 14th of September 2003 Noise music band Club Moral play their 99th concert in Plaza Real, Kattenberg 93, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 14th of September 2003 Poster for a Club Moral performance with Tamil Blockbuster Hits & Mollywood Movie Clips in Plaza Real, Kattenberg 93, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 20 years ago Wednesday 14th of September 2005 Triple murderess Frances Elaine Newton is executed by lethal injection at the age of 40 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Newton struggled and thrashed, knocking out one of the nurses. Members of the National Black United Front, and the New Black Panther Party had gathered outside the prison.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 14th of September 2014 A Cephalopoda sign in Natuurhistorisch Museum Boekenberg, Deurne, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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