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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