41st year - Nr 151 Sunday, 31 May 2026

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41st year - Nr 151 Sunday, 31 May 2026

31 May / Today's 30 Events:

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(-) 432 years ago Tuesday 31st of May 1594 Painter Tintoretto, originally Jacopo Comin aka Il Furioso dies of fever at the age of 76 in Fondamenta dei Mori, Venezia, Veneto, Italy. Tintoretto was seized with severe stomach pains that prevented him from sleeping and eating for almost a fortnight.

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(-) 217 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1809 Composer Franz Joseph Haydn aka The Father of the Symphony dies of natural causes at the age of 77 in Wien, Wien, Austria. Haydn's last words were "My children, have no fear, for where Haydn is, no harm can fall".

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(+) 207 years ago He Appeared Between the Leaves of Grass Monday 31st of May 1819 Poet and writer Walt Walter Whitman aka The Father of Free Verse is born in West Hills, New York, United States.

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(+) 169 years ago Sunday 31st of May 1857 259th Pope Pius XI, originally Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti is born in Desio, Lombardia, Italy.

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(-) 148 years ago Friday 31st of May 1878 Murderer Eugène-Marie Chantrelle is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Calton Prison, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Chantrelle poisoned his 26-year-old wife Elizabeth Dyer by inserting opium into her food.

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(-) 104 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1922 Solicitor and murderer Herbert Rowse Armstrong is executed by hanging at the age of 53 in Gloucester Prison, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 98 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1928 Cop killer William Henry Kennedy is executed by hanging at the age of 37 in Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 98 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1928 Cop killer Frederick Guy Browne is executed by hanging at the age of 47 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. While waiting for sentence to be carried out Browne tried to commit suicide three times, once by hanging himself and then by cutting his throat. He even tried to go on a hunger strike and had to be force fed.

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(+) 96 years ago Saturday 31st of May 1930 Actor and film director Clint Clinton Eastwood is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 81 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1945 Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder is born in Bad Wörishofen, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 73 years ago Sunday 31st of May 1953 Artist Vladimir Yevgraphovich Tatlin dies of unknown causes at the age of 68 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 66 years ago Tuesday 31st of May 1960 Writer Willem Elsschot, originally Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder dies of skin cancer at the age of 78 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 64 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1962 SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Otto Eichmann known for organising the Holocaust is executed by hanging at the age of 56 in Ayalon Prison, Ramla, Center District, Israel.

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(+) 61 years ago Monday 31st of May 1965 Actress and child star Brooke Christa Shields is born in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 61 years ago Monday 31st of May 1965 37-year-old Founder of the Five-Percent Nation Clarence 13X, originally Clarence Edward Smith aka The Father is arrested and charged with assault and battery, conspiracy, disorderly conduct, marijuana possession, resisting arrest, and unlawful assembly in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 60 years ago Tuesday 31st of May 1966 Victim of Christian Ranucci aka Le Pull-Over Rouge Marie-Dolorès Rambla is born in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 59 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1967 Jan Donse aka Oom Cupido is stabbed to death by serial killer Hans van Zon in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 58 years ago Friday 31st of May 1968 12-year-old Child killer Mary Flora Bell aka Child of Hell and Norma Bell break into the local nursery, leaving notes referring to the murder of 4-year-old Martin Brown in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. The police dismissed the incident as a prank.

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(x) 54 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1972 In a taped speech 38-year-old Journalist and leader of the Rote Armee Fraktion Ulrike Marie Meinhof calls up students to take up arms and fight the system in Goethe Universität Hörsaal VI, Mertonstraße 17, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 52 years ago Friday 31st of May 1974 Bomb attack by the Radical left organisation the Weather Underground on the office of the California Attorney General in Sacramento, California, United States. The attack was in response to the killing of six members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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(x) 42 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1984 30-year-old Spree killer Linwood Earl Briley leads the escape of 6 convicted killers from the Mecklenberg Correctional Centre in Mecklenburg Correctional Center, Boydton, Virginia, United States. Linwood and James Briley, Lem Tuggle, Earl Clanton, Derick Peterson and Willie Jones were all arrested within 3 weeks.

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(+) 37 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 1989 Fashion model Daul Kim is born in Seoul, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

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(-) 36 years ago Thursday 31st of May 1990 Joseph Joe Proce is shot in the back by serial killer Heriberto Seda aka The New York Zodiac Killer in 74-27 87th Road, Queens, New York, New York, United States. Proce survived the attack but died in the hospital on 24 June.

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(-) 35 years ago Friday 31st of May 1991 Writer Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 78 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

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(-) 30 years ago He Tuned Out Friday 31st of May 1996 Psychologist and writer Timothy Francis Leary known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs dies of prostate cancer at the age of 76 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Leary's death was videotaped for posterity at his request, capturing his final words. His last word, according to his son Zach was "beautiful."

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(-) 26 years ago Wednesday 31st of May 2000 Mass murderer Robert Earl Carter is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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23 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 31st of May 2003 Wind-beaten trees in Kunsthalle Lophem, Torhoutsesteenweg 52a, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 16 years ago Monday 31st of May 2010 Artist Louise Joséphine Bourgeois aka Spiderwoman dies of a heart attack at the age of 99 in Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 6 years ago Sunday 31st of May 2020 Artist Javacheff Vladimirov Christo, originally Hristo Yavashev dies of natural causes at the age of 85 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 2 years ago Friday 31st of May 2024 Serial killer Robert William 'Willie' Pickton aka The Pig Farmer Killer dies from injuries sustained in an assault by fellow inmate Martin Charest on 19 May 2024 at the age of 75 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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