41st year - Nr 255 Saturday, 12 September 2026

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41st year - Nr 255 Saturday, 12 September 2026

12 September / Today's 23 Events:

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(-) 664 years ago Sunday 12th of September 1362 199th Pope Innocentius VI, originally Étienne Aubert dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Palais des Papes, Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(x) 169 years ago Saturday 12th of September 1857 425 die in SS Central America aka the Ship of Gold sinking in Blake Plateau, South Carolina, United States. The ship sank in a hurricane along with more than 550 passengers and crew and 14.000 kgs of gold on board.

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(+) 138 years ago Wednesday 12th of September 1888 Actor, singer and entertainer Maurice Auguste Chevalier is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 134 years ago Monday 12th of September 1892 19-year-old Crime matriarch Ma Kate Barker, originally Arizona Donnie Clark marries George Elias Barker in Aurora, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 113 years ago Friday 12th of September 1913 Black Olympic legend Jesse James Cleveland Owens is born in Aurora, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 105 years ago Monday 12th of September 1921 Science fiction writer Stanisław Lem known for his philosophical science fiction novel Solaris is born in House #4, Bohdana Lepkogo, Lwów, Lwów Oblast, Ukraine.

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(+) 85 years ago Friday 12th of September 1941 Victim of Michel Bellen aka The Strangler of the Left Bank Christiane Herreman is born in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(+) 82 years ago Tuesday 12th of September 1944 Singer-songwriter Barry White, originally Barry Eugene Carter aka The Walrus of Love is born in Galveston, Texas, United States.

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(+) 75 years ago Wednesday 12th of September 1951 Serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano, originally Paul Zeininger aka Blind Fury is born in Schenectady, New York, United States. Stano's natural mother neglected him to such an extent that when she finally gave him up for adoption when he was six months old, county doctors declared him unadoptable because he was functioning at what they described as 'an animalistic level', even ingesting his own faeces to survive.

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(+) 70 years ago His Parents Were not at Home Wednesday 12th of September 1956 Singer-songwriter Leslie Cheung, originally Cheung Fat Chung aka Gor-Gor (Elder Brother) is born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

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(x) 60 years ago Monday 12th of September 1966 41-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Breath – Exercises' with Günter Brus at the 'Destruction In Art Symposium' in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 58 years ago Thursday 12th of September 1968 Accountant and Home Army resistance member Ryszard Siwiec dies of injuries due to self-immolation on 8 September at the age of 59 in Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warszawa, Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland. Siwiec was the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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(x) 53 years ago the Night Wasn't Soft Wednesday 12th of September 1973 27-year-old Performance and installation artist Chris Christopher Burden performs 'Through the Night Softly' in Main Street, Los Angeles, California, United States. Burden's 'Through the Night Softly' was aired as a commercial on a local Los Angeles television channel.

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(-) 49 years ago Monday 12th of September 1977 Anti-apartheid activist Steve Stephen Bantu Biko dies of a brain hemorrhage from massive injuries to the head at the age of 31 in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 and interrogated and tortured in a coma for 22 hours by police officers Harold Snyman and Gideon Nieuwoudt in Police Room 619 in Port Elizabeth Walmer Police Station on 18 August 1977. On 11 September police loaded Biko in the back of a Land Rover, naked and restrained in manacles, and began the 1100 km drive to Pretoria to take him to a prison with hospital facilities. Biko was ne arly dead owing to the previous injuries and died shortly after arrival at the Pretoria prison.

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(x) 46 years ago Friday 12th of September 1980 21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'I Wanna Be Injured', 'Gibt Mir Dein Hand', 'I'm Suffocating', 'Power-Drill!' and 'Out' with The Simpletones in an exhibition of Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in Art Something, Herengracht 259, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 36 years ago Wednesday 12th of September 1990 Double murderer Charles Walker is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Stateville Correctional Center, Crest Hill, Illinois, United States. Walker's execution was considered botched because the lethal injection machine wasn't able to make the drugs go through the kinked lines.

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(-) 34 years ago Saturday 12th of September 1992 Actor Anthony Perkins known for portraying Norman Bates in the movie ‘Psycho’ dies of AIDS at the age of 60 in 2840 Seattle Drive, Hollywood Hills, California, United States. Perkins' 53-year-old former wife Berry Berenson was a passenger on one of the planes which crashed into the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.

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(-) 32 years ago Monday 12th of September 1994 Army veteran and suicide pilot Frank Eugene Corder commits suicide by an airplane crash at the age of 38 in South Lawn of the White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Corder stole a Cessna 150 the night before and departed from Aldino Airport in Maryland while severely intoxicated, which is presumed to have led to his later miscalculation to crash into the South Lawn instead of the White House itself.

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(-) 23 years ago Friday 12th of September 2003 Double murderer Henry Lee Hunt is executed by lethal injection at the age of 59 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Hunt's last meal was a medium Domino's pizza with pepperoni, hamburger, Canadian bacon, sausage, onions, mushrooms and green peppers, and a 20-ounce Coke. Hunt's last words were "It's a good day to die."

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(-) 23 years ago He Dressed in Black Friday 12th of September 2003 Singer-songwriter Johnny R. Cash aka The Man in Black dies of complications from diabetes at the age of 71 in Baptist Hospital, 2000 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 12th of September 2005 A village style restaurant serving excellent intestine dishes in 798 Art District, Dashanzi, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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(-) 20 years ago Tuesday 12th of September 2006 Double murderer Farley Charles Matchett is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Matchett had a final meal request of four olives and a bottle of wild-berry flavored water. Actress Brigitte Bardot sent an open letter to Texas governor Rick Perry asking him to pardon Matchett before he was executed.

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(-) 16 years ago Sunday 12th of September 2010 Film director Claude Henri Jean Chabrol dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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41st year - Nr 254 Friday, 11 September 2026

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41st year - Nr 254 Friday, 11 September 2026

11 September / Today's 32 Events:

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(+) 210 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1816 Optician Carl Zeiss is born in Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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(+) 164 years ago Thursday 11th of September 1862 Physician and poison murderer Hawley Harvey Crippen aka Dr. Crippen is born in Coldwater, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 145 years ago Sunday 11th of September 1881 Actress Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen aka Die Asta is born in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.

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(+) 141 years ago He Was Nobody's Lover Friday 11th of September 1885 Writer and playwright D. H. David Herbert Richards Lawrence is born in 8a Victoria Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 123 years ago Friday 11th of September 1903 Philosopher Theodor Adorno, originally Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund is born in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

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(+) 119 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1907 SS-Oberscharführer and guard at Mauthausen KZ Richard Bugdalle aka Bruttalle is born in Pomßen, Sachsen, Germany.

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(+) 109 years ago Tuesday 11th of September 1917 Dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos is born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

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(+) 104 years ago Monday 11th of September 1922 Murderer Elisandro Lopez Macias is born in Ajo, Arizona, United States.

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(+) 91 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1935 Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov is born in Verhnee Zhilino, Altaysky Kray, Russia.

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(+) 86 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1940 Film director Brian Russel de Palma is born in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

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(x) 59 years ago Monday 11th of September 1967 33-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson, originally no name Maddox known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate records 14 tracks of his music in San Francisco, California, United States. All Manson's tracks appear on the Lp 'Lie: The Love and Terror Cult' that was distributed during his trial for the Tate/LaBianca murders in 1970.

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(x) 58 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1968 32-year-old Boxer and presumed mass murderer Iwao Hakamada is sentenced to death for the presumed murder of his boss, his boss' wife and two children in Yūtō, Shizuoka, Japan.

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(x) 58 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1968 95 die in Air France Flight 1611 Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III crash in the Mediterranean Sea, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. On 10 May 2011 former army typist Michel Laty alleged on French television that he saw a report indicating a misfired missile by the French army during a weapon test caused the crash.

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(-) 57 years ago Thursday 11th of September 1969 Mary Pickens is stabbed to death by serial killer George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer in 41 N. Bellevue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Putt was chased by Pickens' neighbours and arrested within minutes on Linden Avenue.

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(-) 55 years ago Saturday 11th of September 1971 First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(x) 54 years ago Monday 11th of September 1972 Start of the trial against 38-year-old Serial killer Juan Vallejo Corona aka The Machete Murderer in Fairfield, California, United States.

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(-) 53 years ago Tuesday 11th of September 1973 28th President of Chile Salvador Guillermo Gossens Allende commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 65 in Palacio de La Moneda, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile. As troops surrounded the palace during a military coup Allende gave his last speech vowing not to resign. Then Allende committed suicide with an AK47 rifle gifted to him by Fidel Castro.

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(x) 52 years ago They Were Discussing Politics and Used Cars Wednesday 11th of September 1974 72 die in Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 controlled flight into terrain in Douglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Thirteen survived the initial impact, including the first officer (co-pilot) and one flight attendant, but three of them ultimately died from severe burn injuries. One of the initial survivors died of injuries 29 days after the accident. While investigating this accident the NTSB reviewed the cockpit voice recorder and found that the flight crew engaged in unnecessary and 'nonpertinent' conversation during the approach phase of the flight, discussing subjects "ranging from politics to used cars."

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(-) 48 years ago Monday 11th of September 1978 Medical photographer Janet Parker dies of smallpox at the age of 40 in Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Parker was accidently infected by a mislaid sample of the virus at the University of Birmingham Medical School. She fell ill on 11 August and was placed in quarantaine on 20 August. Parker became the last person to die of smallpox.

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(-) 48 years ago The Sugary Substance Melted at 37° C Monday 11th of September 1978 Dissident writer Georgi Ivanov Markov known for the Umbrella Murder dies of poisoning from a ricin-filled pellet at the age of 49 in St James' Hospital, Balham, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. On 7 September Markov was stabbed in the back of his right thigh with an umbrella while waiting at a bus stop on Waterloo Bridge. The pellet measured 1.70 mm in diameter and was composed of 90% platinum and 10% iridium. It had two holes with diameters of 0.35 mm drilled through it producing an X-shaped cavity. A sugary substance coated the tiny holes creating a bubble which trapped the ricin inside the cavities. The specially crafted coating was designed to melt at 37° C. After the pellet was shot into Markov the coating melted and the ricin was free to be absorbed into the bloodstream and kill him. Regardless of whether the doctors treating Markov had known that the poison was ricin the result would have been the same as there was no known antidote to ricin at the time.

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(+) 45 years ago He Was a Challenging High Intellectual Potential Student Friday 11th of September 1981 School shooter Dylan Bennet Klebold known for the Columbine High School massacre is born in Lakewood, Colorado, United States.

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(-) 41 years ago Wednesday 11th of September 1985 Murderer Charles Francis Rumbaugh is executed by lethal injection at the age of 28 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Rumbaugh started criminal activity at the age of six and at 12 had committed an armed robbery.

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(-) 39 years ago He Did Not Have Money in the House Friday 11th of September 1987 Reggae musician Peter Tosh, originally Winston Hubert McIntosh known from the band the Wailers is shot dead during a robbery at his house at the age of 43 in Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica. The robbers stayed at his residence for several hours and tortured Tosh in an attempt to extort money from him. Over the hours as various associates of Tosh arrived to visit him they were also taken hostage by the gunmen. Tosh said he did not have any money in the house after which Dennis 'Leppo' Lobban and the fellow gunmen began opening fire in a reckless manner. Tosh was shot twice in the head and killed. Herbalist Wilton 'D oc' Brown and disc jockey Jeff 'Free I' Dixon also died. Several others in the house were wounded, including Tosh's common law wife Andrea Marlene Brown, Free I's wife Yvonne, Tosh's drummer Carlton 'Santa' Davis and musician Michael Robinson.

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25 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 11th of September 2001 A pair of electric plugs on the construction site in Centraal Station, Astridplein, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 25 years ago Tuesday 11th of September 2001 9/11 terrorist Ziad Samir Jarrah crashes with a hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 Boeing 757-222 at the age of 26 in Diamond T. Mine, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States. United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 8:42 a.m. en route to San Francisco International Airport with a crew of seven and 37 passengers, not including four hijackers. The hijacking began at 09:28. A passenger revolt began at 09:57 after the passengers voted on whether to act. At 10:03 the plane crashed into a field near a reclaimed coal strip mine. The three other hijackers were 20-year-old Ahmed al-Haznawi, 24-year-old Ahmed al-Nami and 21-year-old Saeed al-Gh amdi.

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(-) 25 years ago They Flew into the West Tuesday 11th of September 2001 9/11 terrorist Hani Saleh Hasan Hanjour crashes with a hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 Boeing 757-223 at the age of 29 in The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States. American Airlines Flight 77 departed from Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:20 a.m. for Los Angeles International Airport with a crew of six and 58 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers crashed into the western side of the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. and started a violent fire. All 64 people on board were killed as were 125 Pentagon personnel. The four other hijackers were 26-year-old Khalid al-Mihdhar, 24-year-old Majed Moqed, 25-year-old Nawaf al-Hazmi and 20-year-old Salem al-Hazmi.

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(-) 25 years ago They Flew into the South Tuesday 11th of September 2001 9/11 terrorist Marwan al-Shehhi crashes into Tower 2 with a hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 Boeing 767-222 at the age of 23 in Two World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. United Airlines Flight 175 departed Logan Airport at 8:14 a.m. en route to Los Angeles with a crew of nine and 51 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the southern facade of the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. The four other hijackers were 24-year-old Fayez Banihammad, 22-year-old Mohand al-Shehri, 20-year-old Hamza al-Ghamdi and 22-year-old Ahmed al-Ghamdi.

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(-) 25 years ago They Flew into the North Tuesday 11th of September 2001 9/11 terrorist Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta crashes into Tower 1 with a hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 Boeing 767-223ER at the age of 33 in One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Logan Airport at 7:59 a.m. en route to Los Angeles with a crew of 11 and 76 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the northern facade of the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. The four other hijackers were 22-year-old Abdulaziz al-Omari, 28-year-old Wail al-Shehri, 22-year-old Waleed al-Shehri and 25-year-old Satam al-Suqami.

(-) 20 years ago Monday 11th of September 2006 Historian and journalist Joachim Clemens Fest known for his biography of Adolf Hilter dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 80 in Kronberg im Taunus, Hessen, Germany.

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(-) 18 years ago Thursday 11th of September 2008 Murderer Yoshiyuki Mantani is executed by hanging at the age of 68 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

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(-) 18 years ago Thursday 11th of September 2008 Double murderer Mineteru Yamamoto is executed by hanging at the age of 68 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

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(-) 18 years ago Thursday 11th of September 2008 Double murderer Isamu Hirano is executed by hanging at the age of 61 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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