41st year - Nr 270 Sunday, 27 September 2026

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41st year - Nr 270 Sunday, 27 September 2026

27 September / Today's 26 Events:

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(-) 436 years ago He Never Made the Thirteenth Day Thursday 27th of September 1590 228th Pope Urbanus VII, originally Giovanni Battista Castagna dies of malaria at the age of 69 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Urbanus VII's twelve-day papacy was the shortest in history.

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(-) 326 years ago Monday 27th of September 1700 242nd Pope Innocentius XII, originally Antonio Pignatelli dies of natural causes at the age of 85 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Innocentius XII is notable for being the last bearded pope to date.

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(x) 172 years ago Wednesday 27th of September 1854 312 die in SS Arctic paddle steamer and SS Vesta collision in Cape Race, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

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(x) 138 years ago They Won't Fix Him Yet Thursday 27th of September 1888 Unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper writes his 'Dear Boss' letter to the Central News Agency in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Dear Boss, I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck. Yours trulyJack the Ripper Dont mind me giving the trade name PS Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha

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(+) 113 years ago Saturday 27th of September 1913 Psychologist Albert Ellis known for founding cognitive-behavioral therapies is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 109 years ago Thursday 27th of September 1917 Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, originally Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas dies of unknown causes at the age of 83 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 106 years ago Monday 27th of September 1920 General of the Italian carabinieri Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiese is born in Saluzzo, Piemonte, Italy.

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(+) 106 years ago Monday 27th of September 1920 Actor and producer William Conrad, originally John William Cann aka 'Cannon' is born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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(+) 104 years ago He Was a Little Big Man Wednesday 27th of September 1922 Film director Arthur Hiller Penn is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 93 years ago Wednesday 27th of September 1933 27-year-old Film director John Marcellus Huston hits and kills 23-year-old Brazilian dancer Tosca Izabel Querze Roulien while driving his car in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States. The resulting media frenzy forced Huston to retreat temporarily from public performance and he took work as a screenwriter instead.

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(+) 88 years ago Tuesday 27th of September 1938 Wiener Aktionist Günter Brus is born in Ardning, Steiermark, Austria.

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(+) 84 years ago He Was a Coo Ca Choo Sunday 27th of September 1942 Musician Alvin Stardust, originally Bernard William Jewry is born in Muswell Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 82 years ago Wednesday 27th of September 1944 The world’s most pulchritudinous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, originally Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy aka Sister Aimee dies of an incautious self-overdose of Seconal at the age of 54 in Leamington Hotel, 1814 Franklin Street, Oakland, California, United States.

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(-) 74 years ago Saturday 27th of September 1952 Karl Franz Lehmann is poisoned with E 605 by serial poisoner Christa Lehmann aka The Mass Poisoner of Worms in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(+) 72 years ago Monday 27th of September 1954 Double murderer James David Autry aka Cowboy is born in Potter Country, Texas, United States.

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(+) 67 years ago Sunday 27th of September 1959 Spree killer Eliseo Hernandez Moreno is born in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.

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(-) 65 years ago She Lost Measure Wednesday 27th of September 1961 Poet and writer Hilda Doolittle aka H. D. dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 75 in Klinik Hirslanden, Witellikerstrasse 40, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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(-) 61 years ago Monday 27th of September 1965 Actress and sex symbol Clara Gordon Bow aka The It Girl dies of a heart attack at the age of 60 in Culver City, California, United States.

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(-) 59 years ago Wednesday 27th of September 1967 Russian aristocrat Felix Felixovich Yusupov aka Count Sumarokov-Elston known for participating in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 57 years ago Saturday 27th of September 1969 Cecelia Ann Shepard is stabbed by unidentified serial killer the Zodiac Killer in Lake Berryessa, Napa, California, United States. Shepard died as a result of her injuries two days later. Her 20-year-old date Bryan Calvin Hartnell survived eight stab wounds to the back.

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(x) 52 years ago She Saw the Light Friday 27th of September 1974 26-year-old Member of the 'Manson Family' Susan Denise Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz has a religious vision of Jesus in her cell and becomes a born-again christian in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Saturday 27th of September 1975 Three FRAP and two ETA members are executed by the firing-squad for the murders of 4 policemen in Centro Penitenciario, Burgos, Burgos, Spain. 33-year-old ETA member Ángel Otaegi Etxeberria was executed at 08:30 in Burgos. 21-year-old ETA member Juan Paredes Manot was executed at 08:35 near the cemetary of Sardañola del Vallés in Barcelona. The remaining three FRAP members were executed in Hoyo de Manzanares in Madrid, 25-year-old José Humberto Baena Alonso at 09:20, 27-year-old Ramón García Sanz at 09:40 and 21-year-old José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Solla at 10:00.

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(x) 46 years ago Saturday 27th of September 1980 21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'This Week I Was Beaten Up - 1' and 'Eternity Forever - 1' with The Simpletones in Willem II Fabriek, Boschdijkstraat, Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. While the Simpletones played their music I laid out lines of gunpowder on the floor and on the wall I wrote: “This week I was beaten up for love”. Then I stood on a tottering heap of bricks tied with ropes on my hands and neck. The gunpowder was ignited. While the Simpletones played their music fast I pulled a heavy stone across the floor drawing an eternity-sign. After 20 minutes someone threw a glass of beer over a power-supply and we were cut off.

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(-) 26 years ago Wednesday 27th of September 2000 Rapist and murderer Ricky Nolen McGinn is executed by lethal injection at the age of 43 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 27th of September 2005 Our brave pigkeeper early in the morning in his makeshift quarters where he survived for 10 days, including sleeping on a chair in 798 Art District, Dashanzi, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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(-) 9 years ago Wednesday 27th of September 2017 Adult magazine publisher Hugh Marston Hefner known for founding Playboy Magazine dies of natural causes at the age of 91 in Playboy Mansion, 10236 Charing Cross Road, Holmby Hills, California, United States.

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