41st year - Nr 196 Wednesday, 15 July 2026

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41st year - Nr 196 Wednesday, 15 July 2026

15 July / Today's 38 Events:

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(-) 645 years ago His Quarters Traveled Sunday 15th of July 1381 Lollard priest John Ball known for the Peasants’ Revolt is executed by hanging, drawn and quartered at the age of 43 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Ball's head was displayed stuck on a pike on London Bridge and the quarters of his body were displayed at four different towns.

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(+) 420 years ago Saturday 15th of July 1606 Painter and printmaker Rembrandt, originally Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is born in Weddesteeg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 400 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1626 Artist's model and first wife of Peter Paul Rubens Isabella Brant dies of bubonic plague at the age of 35 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(+) 168 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1858 Political activist and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, originally Emmeline Goulden is born in Sloan Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

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(-) 145 years ago Friday 15th of July 1881 Willem De Hees is poisoned by serial poisoner Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. De Hees was Swanenburg's nephew.

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(+) 134 years ago War Er Kein Technischen Reproduzierbarkeit Friday 15th of July 1892 Philosopher Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin is born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(-) 122 years ago Friday 15th of July 1904 Writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov dies of tuberculosis at the age of 44 in Badenweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Chekhov's body was transported to Moscow in a refrigerated railway car meant for oysters.

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(+) 120 years ago Sunday 15th of July 1906 Murderer Alfred William Bayly is born in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

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(+) 118 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1908 Victim of Joachim Kroll aka The Ruhr Hunter Maria Hettgen is born in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 114 years ago Monday 15th of July 1912 Kidnapper and murderess Bonnie Emily Brown Heady is born in Burlington Junction, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 107 years ago She Was Not Under the Net Tuesday 15th of July 1919 Writer Iris Jean Murdoch is born in Blessington Street, Phibsborough, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(-) 97 years ago Monday 15th of July 1929 Poet and writer Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal dies of a stroke at the age of 55 in Wien, Wien, Austria. Hofmannsthal died shortly after attending the funeral of his son Franz who committed suicide two days before.

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(+) 96 years ago He Was Constructed Tuesday 15th of July 1930 Philosopher Jacques Jackie Élie Derrida aka The Father of Deconstructionism is born in El Biar, Wilāya Al Ǧazāʾir, Algeria.

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(-) 90 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1936 Murderess Charlotte Bryant, originally Charlotte McHugh is executed by hanging by Thomas Pierrepoint at the age of 32 in Exeter Prison, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom.

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(+) 89 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1937 Mass murderer Robert Raymond Cook is born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada.

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(+) 86 years ago Monday 15th of July 1940 Mass murderer Ronald Gene Simmons is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 81 years ago They Spent the Night Together Sunday 15th of July 1945 Norene Lauer is bound, gagged, molested and robbed by serial killer Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer in Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, Colorado, United States. Glatman tied her up and they spent the night together in his car. He let her go the next day and was identified and arrested the day after.

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(+) 74 years ago Tuesday 15th of July 1952 Victim of Timothy Spencer aka The Southside Strangler Debbie Ann Dudley Davis is born in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.

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(+) 74 years ago Tuesday 15th of July 1952 Musician Johnny Thunders, originally John Anthony Genzale known from The New York Dolls is born in Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 73 years ago His Nose Itched for a Short While Wednesday 15th of July 1953 Serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place is executed by hanging at the age of 54 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. After being pinioned for execution, Christie complained that his nose itched. Executioner Albert Pierrepoint assured him that "It won't bother you for long".

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(+) 70 years ago His Parents Danced to the Radio Sunday 15th of July 1956 Musician Ian Kevin Curtis known from the band Joy Division is born in Old Trafford Memorial Hospital, 226 Seymour Grove, Stretford, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 70 years ago Sunday 15th of July 1956 Musician Marky Ramone, originally Marc Steven Bell is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 68 years ago Tuesday 15th of July 1958 Spree killer Christian Dornier is born in Baume-les-Dames, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

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(-) 68 years ago Tuesday 15th of July 1958 Mother of John Lennon Julia Lennon, originally Julia Stanley is knocked down and killed by learner-driver PC Eric Clague in a Standard Vanguard car at the age of 44 in Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Lennon's body landed about 30m from where she had been hit.

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(x) 67 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1959 53-year-old Art vandal Walter Menzl is sentenced to three years imprisonment and a 800.000,- DM fine for the acid attack on Peter Paul Rubens’ 'Der Höllensturz der Verdammten' on 26 February 1959 in Alte Pinakothek, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 61 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1965 Spree killer Barend Hendrik Strydom aka Wit Wolf known for the Strijdom Square Massacre is born in Wenen, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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(x) 55 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1971 Artist Jean Tinguely is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 55 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1971 Murderer Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(-) 55 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1971 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Petra Schelm is shot dead by the police after escaping from a road-block at the age of 21 in Reineckestraße, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Schelm's companion Werner Hoppe was arrested minutes later. Schelm was the first member of the Rote Armee Fraktion to be killed by the German police.

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(-) 52 years ago She Kept Channel 40's Policy of Bringing Blood and Guts Monday 15th of July 1974 News reporter Christine Chubbuck commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 30 in WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida, United States. Chubbuck was doing a live newscast during her Suncoast Digest show and said "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide" and shot herself behind the left ear. Chubbuck was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead fourteen hours later.

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(+) 47 years ago Sunday 15th of July 1979 Murderer Quintin Philippe Jones is born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

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(x) 36 years ago Bambi Ran Sunday 15th of July 1990 32-year-old Murderess Laurie Lawrencia Bembenek aka Run, Bambi, Run escapes from prison with the help of her fiancé Nick Gugliatto in Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Bembenek's escape ignited the slogan 'Run, Bambi, Run'. They fled to Thunder Bay, Ontario and spent three months as fugitives before being apprehended.

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(-) 35 years ago Monday 15th of July 1991 Oliver Lacy aka Birdie is drugged, strangled and dismembered by serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal in Oxford Apartments #213, 924 25th North Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Earlier that day Dahmer was fired from his job at the Ambrosia Chocolate Co. for chronic absenteism.

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(-) 29 years ago His Death Was in the Papers Tuesday 15th of July 1997 Gianni Giovanni Maria Versace is shot dead by serial killer Andrew Cunanan aka American Gigolo/American Psycho in Casa Casuarina, Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Usually Versace would have an assistant walk from his home to the coffee shop to get his morning papers but on this occasion he decided to go in person.

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23 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 15th of July 2003 The Lesser Flying Fox in Muzium Negara, Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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23 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 15th of July 2003 Three doors in an underground passage in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(-) 16 years ago Thursday 15th of July 2010 Mass murderer Seth Stephen Privacky is shot and killed during a failed prison escape attempt at the age of 30 in Kinross Correctional Facility, Kincheloe, Michigan, United States. Privacky and two other inmates overpowered the driver of a facilities semi-truck and tried to drive it through the double fence. Guards from the prison quickly apprehended two of the inmates but Privacky tried to flee the truck once it stopped and was shot.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 15th of July 2022 Tennis minstrels Kris and Andrew performing in De Haan, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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41st year - Nr 195 Tuesday, 14 July 2026

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41st year - Nr 195 Tuesday, 14 July 2026

14 July / Today's 39 Events:

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(x) 237 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1789 The storming of the Bastille to release 7 prisoners marks the beginning of the French Revolution in Prison de la Bastille, IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Ten days earlier the Marquis de Sade had been transferred from the Bastille to an asylum in Charenton.

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(-) 209 years ago Monday 14th of July 1817 Writer Germaine Anne Louise de Staël, originally Anne Louise Germaine Necker aka Madame de Staël dies of paralysis at the age of 51 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 164 years ago Monday 14th of July 1862 Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt known from the Wiener Secession is born in Baumgarten, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 158 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1868 Writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell aka The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq is born in Washington Hall, Washington, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

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(+) 151 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1875 Entertainer, priest and womanizer Harold Francis Davidson aka The Prostitutes’ Padre is born in Sholing, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 147 years ago Monday 14th of July 1879 Inventor and murderer Jean-Pierre Vaquier is born in Niort-de-Sault, Aude, France.

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(-) 145 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1881 Outlaw, gunfighter and folk icon Billy the Kid, originally Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney aka Kid Antrim is shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garret at the age of 22 in Fort Summer, New Mexico, United States.

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(-) 123 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1903 Womanizer and murderer Samuel Herbert Dougal aka The Moat Farm Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 57 in Chelmsford Prison, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 114 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1912 Singer-songwriter Woody Woodrow Wilson Guthrie is born in Dewey Property, 6th Street, Okemah, Oklahoma, United States.

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(+) 113 years ago Monday 14th of July 1913 38th President of the United States Gerald Rudolph Ford, originally Leslie Lynch King Jr. is born in 3202 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(-) 112 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1914 Black James Bailey is lynched for stealing three mules in Lake Cormorant, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 108 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1918 Film director Ingmar Ernst Bergman is born in Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden.

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(+) 107 years ago Monday 14th of July 1919 Actor Lino Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura is born in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(-) 102 years ago Monday 14th of July 1924 Francis X. McDonnell is abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish aka The Cannibal aka The Werewolf of Wysteria aka The Moon Maniac in Staten Island, New York, New York, United States. McDonnell's body was found by three Scouts hanging from a tree with extensive lacerations to his legs and abdomen and his left hamstring had almost entirely been stripped of its flesh.

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(+) 100 years ago He Came from Paris, Texas Wednesday 14th of July 1926 Actor Harry Dean Stanton is born in West Irvine, Kentucky, United States.

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(-) 78 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1948 Metallurgist Harry Brearley known for inventing stainless steel dies of unknown causes at the age of 77 in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.

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(+) 76 years ago Friday 14th of July 1950 Revolutionary thief Mario Roymans aka Tijl van Limburg is born in Nerem, Limburg, Belgium.

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(-) 68 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Rapist and murderer Frederick Ducharme is executed by hanging at the age of 43 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

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(-) 68 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Last King of Iraq Faisal II, originally Al-Malik Fayṣal Ath-thānī is executed by a firing squad led by Captain Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi at the age of 23 in Rihab Palace, Baġdād, Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād, Iraq. Also machine-gunned were Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, his wife Crown Princess Hiyam, his mother Princess Nafeesa, Faisal's aunt Princess Abadiya and several servants.

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(+) 68 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Victim of John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown William Kindred aka Billy Shotgun is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 66 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1960 255 die in mental hospital fire in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Another 300 of the 1600 patients were injured.

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(x) 66 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1960 83-year-old Presumed murderer Gaston Dominici known from L’Affaire Dominici is released from prison in Baumettes Prison, 239 Chemin de Morgiou, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 62 years ago Paint Spots Were Found on Her Body Tuesday 14th of July 1964 Mary Flemming aka Mary Turner is choked to death by unidentified serial killer Jack the Stripper in Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 60 years ago He Came to Raise Hell Thursday 14th of July 1966 21-year-old Gloria Davy, 20-year-old Pamela Wilkening, 20-year-old Mary Ann Jordan, 21-year-old Suzanne Farris, 24-year-old Nina Schmale, 23-year-old Valentina Pasion, 22-year-old Marlita Gargullo and 20-year-old Patricia Matusek are raped and killed by 25-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell in 2319 East 100th Street, Jeffery Manor, Chicago, United States. 23-year-old Corazon Amurao hid under a bed and escaped the massacre, she identified Speck due to the 'Born to Raise Hell' tattoo on his forearm. Photographs of the eight nurses were the basis of 'Eight Student Nurses', a 1966 painting series by Gerhard Richter.

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(-) 52 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1974 Janice Anne Ott is abducted and bludgeoned to death by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington, United States.

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(-) 52 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1974 Denise Marie Naslund is abducted and strangled by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Monday 14th of July 1975 41-year-old Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert is sentenced to 11 life sentences for the murders of 11 members of his family in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 50 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1976 Standartenführer der Waffen-SS Joachim Peiper aka Jochen is shot dead and his house burned down by a resistant group known as ‘Les Vengeurs’            at the age of 61 in Traves, Haute-Saône, France.

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(-) 45 years ago The Baby Wasn't Breathing Tuesday 14th of July 1981 8-month old Jennifer Daniels is smothered by serial killer Christine Falling aka The Babysitter Killer in Perry, Florida, United States. Falling was a passenger in a car driven by her 19-year-old stepsister Betty Jean Daniels. The two women had taken the baby for routine vaccinations. On the way home Daniels left them alone to pick up some groceries. When she returned to the car Falling announced "The baby ain’t breathing."

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(-) 43 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1983 Graeme Cunningham is abducted and killed by child molester and serial killer Arthur Gary Bishop aka The Mormon Murderer in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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(-) 38 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1988 Yevgeny Muratov is stabbed to death and his tongue bitten off by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 37 years ago Friday 14th of July 1989 Murderer Horace Dunkins is executed by Yellow Mama in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. The first blow just rendered Dunkins unconscious, the second one was administered only 9 minutes later due to a lack of power. Dunkins was pronounced dead 19 minutes after the first jolt.

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(-) 35 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1991 Barbara Jacobs is found strangled by serial killer Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper in Pier 45, West 10th Street, New York, New York, United States.

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25 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 14th of July 2001 The inside of a hot air balloon in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 14th of July 2012 A signpost in De Haan, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 14th of July 2015 A pair of owls staring into my room in Vico I Convento 13, Ficarra, Sicilia, Italy.

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(-) 6 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 2020 Triple murderer Daniel Lewis Lee is executed by lethal injection at the age of 47 in United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Lee was a member of the white supremacist organization Aryan Peoples' Republic or the Aryan Peoples' Resistance.

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(-) 5 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 2021 Artist Christian Boltanski dies of cancer at the age of 77 in Hôpital Cochin, XIVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 14th of July 2022 Excavations and concrete works in Station, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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