41st year - Nr 168 Wednesday, 17 June 2026

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41st year - Nr 168 Wednesday, 17 June 2026

17 June / Today's 31 Events:

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(-) 279 years ago Saturday 17th of June 1747 Highwayman Henry Simms aka Young Gentlemen Harry is executed by hanging at the age of 30 in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 144 years ago Saturday 17th of June 1882 Composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky is born in Oranienbaum, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 137 years ago Monday 17th of June 1889 Murderess Eva Coo, originally Eva Curry aka Madame aka The Mallet Murderess is born in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.

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(+) 128 years ago Friday 17th of June 1898 Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher aka M. C. Escher is born in Princessehof, Grote Kerkstraat 11, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.

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(+) 126 years ago Sunday 17th of June 1900 Nazi official and private secretary to Adolf Hitler Martin Bormann is born in Wegeleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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(+) 102 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 1924 Serial killer Archibald Thomson Hall aka The Monster Butler aka Roy Fontaine is born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 93 years ago Saturday 17th of June 1933 Raymond J. Caffrey is shot dead by bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.

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(-) 87 years ago Saturday 17th of June 1939 Kidnapper and multiple murderer Eugen Weidmann aka The Handsome Devil is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 31 in Prison Saint Pierre, Place des Tribunaux, Versailles, Île-de-France, France. Weidmann's was the last public execution and the last one before the outbreak of the war.

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(x) 86 years ago Monday 17th of June 1940 84-year-old General Philippe Henri Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain orders all Frenchmen to lay down their arms against Nazi Germany in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 83 years ago Thursday 17th of June 1943 Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, originally Barry Alan Pincus is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 77 years ago Friday 17th of June 1949 Musician Philip Charles Lithman aka Snakefinger is born in Tooting, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 74 years ago He Fatally Dropped the Coffee Can Tuesday 17th of June 1952 Rocket propulsion researcher and Thelemite occultist Jack Marvel Whiteside Parsons is blown apart by an explosion of fulminate of mercury at the age of 38 in Huntingdon Memorial Hospital, 100 W California Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States. In an explosion at his home laboratory Parsons sustained mortal wounds. His right forearm was amputated, his legs and left arm were broken and a hole was torn in the right side of his face. Despite these critical injuries Parsons was found conscious by the upstairs lodgers. He was declared dead around thirty-seven minutes after the explosion. Parsons' last words were "Who will take care of me now?" When his mother Ruth was informed of the events she immediately committed suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates.

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(+) 74 years ago He Was Not Scary Tuesday 17th of June 1952 Artist John Duncan is born in Wichita, Kansas, United States.

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(-) 67 years ago Wednesday 17th of June 1959 Klara Frieda Tesmer is sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale in Graf-Spee-Brücke, Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 67 years ago She Was Found Naked and Dead Wednesday 17th of June 1959 Elisabeth Figg aka Ann Philips is strangled by unidentified serial killer Jack the Stripper in Dukes Meadow, Chiswick, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 63 years ago Monday 17th of June 1963 SS Sturmbannführer and commander of Auschwitz KZ Richard Baer dies of a heart attack at the age of 52 in Untersuchungshaft, Hammelsgasse, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Baer was awaiting trial in the 'Auschwitz Processe'.

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(+) 57 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 1969 Murderer Granville Riddle is born in Oakdale, Texas, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago Saturday 17th of June 1972 Five burglars are arrested in the headquarters of the American Democratic Party in Watergate complex, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. The five burglars were Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio Martínez and Frank Sturgis. They were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications.

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(x) 52 years ago Monday 17th of June 1974 Bomb attack by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground on the Gulf Oil headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was a protest against the company's actions in Angola and Vietnam.

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(-) 45 years ago Her Ample Breasts Proved to Be Made of Foam Rubber Wednesday 17th of June 1981 Impostor and fringe evolutionary theorist Charlotte Bach, originally Carl Károly Michael Mihály Blaise Augustine Hajdú dies of cancer at the age of 61 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. When Bach was undressed in the morgue, the ample breasts proved to be made of foam rubber, and the removal of her underwear revealed a penis. Bach was a male transvestite.

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(-) 40 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 1986 Todd Stoops is kidnapped and held tortured by serial killer Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher in 4315 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Stoops' torture endured prior to his death included electric shocks via a spatula placed across his eyelid in an unsuccessful attempt to blind him. Stoops died of a combination of blood loss and infection on 1 July.

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(-) 36 years ago Sunday 17th of June 1990 Fashion model Palmira Henry aka Pal dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 44 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 35 years ago That Was All Monday 17th of June 1991 Murderer Jerry Joe Bird is executed by lethal injection at the age of 55 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Bird's last words were "I don’t think so. That’s all. Go ahead. Start things rolling."

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(-) 29 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 1997 Triple murderer Eddie James Johnson is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 27 years ago Thursday 17th of June 1999 Murderer Stanley Joseph Faulder is executed by lethal injection at the age of 62 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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27 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 17th of June 1999 Maren Hoffmeister at the opening event of 'Dante's Inferno' in Fort Asperen, Langendijk, Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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(-) 18 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 2008 Serial killer, cannibal and necrophile Tsutomu Miyazaki aka The Little Girl Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 46 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(-) 18 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 2008 Double murderer Yoshio Yamasaki is executed by hanging at the age of 73 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

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(-) 18 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 2008 Multiple murderer Shinji Mutsuda is executed by hanging at the age of 37 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(x) 18 years ago Tuesday 17th of June 2008 Noise music band Club Moral play their 132nd concert at the 'Holland Festival' in Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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5 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 17th of June 2021 Woodcarving with power tools in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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