41st year - Nr 282 Friday, 9 October 2026

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41st year - Nr 282 Friday, 9 October 2026

9 October / Today's 30 Events:

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(x) 227 years ago Wednesday 9th of October 1799 269 die in HMS Lutine shipwreck in Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. HMS Lutine was carrying a large cargo of gold and silver. The only survivor was J. Schabracq.

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(+) 167 years ago Sunday 9th of October 1859 Artillery officer and presumed traitor Alfred Dreyfus is born in Mulhouse, Alsace, France.

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(+) 143 years ago Tuesday 9th of October 1883 Murderer Chester Ellsworth Gillette aka An American Tragedy is born in Wickes, Montana, United States.

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(+) 136 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1890 The world’s most pulchritudinous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, originally Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy aka Sister Aimee is born in Salford, Ontario, Canada.

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(+) 128 years ago Sunday 9th of October 1898 Writer and playwright Tawfīq al-Hakīm aka The Enemy of Woman is born in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.

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(+) 118 years ago Friday 9th of October 1908 Actor and film director Jacques Tati, originally Jacques Tatischeff is born in Le Pecq, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 113 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1913 136 die in SS Volturno fire and sinking in the North Atlantic Ocean. SS Volturno was on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York City and was carrying a mixed load of passengers and cargo that included highly flammable chemicals.

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(x) 106 years ago They Were a Hoax Saturday 9th of October 1920 Feral girls Amala and Kamala are rescued from a wolves' den by the rector of the local orphanage Joseph Amrito Lal Singh in Midnapore, West Bengal, India. French surgeon Serge Aroles concluded in his book 'L'Enigme des enfants-loup' that the rector's story was a hoax.

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(+) 100 years ago Saturday 9th of October 1926 Murderess Ruth Ellis is born in Rhyl, Wales, United Kingdom.

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(-) 92 years ago He Became the Most Dangerous Terrorist in Europe Tuesday 9th of October 1934 Anarchist and assassin Vlado Chernozemski aka Vlado the Chauffeur is struck by a slash from a cavalryman's sabre, shot in the head from a nearby police officer and savagely beaten by the enraged crowd after shooting Alexander I of Yugoslavia to death at the age of 37 in Square Puget, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. The driver and Alexander's companion in the car, French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou, were also fatally hit by a stray bullet fired by French police during the scuffle following the attack. For murdering King Alexander I, Chernozemski was posthumously declared the most dangerous terrori st in Europe.

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(+) 87 years ago Monday 9th of October 1939 Actress Kitty Ting Hao aka Little Darling is born in Macau, China.

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(+) 86 years ago Wednesday 9th of October 1940 Musician John Winston Lennon known from The Beatles is born in Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

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(x) 79 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1947 18-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is convicted for auto theft in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Hatcher got a 2 year suspended sentence.

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(+) 79 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1947 Yé-yé singer France Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall is born in XIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 68 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1958 Murderer Ronald Wayne Frye is born in Hickory, North Carolina, United States.

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(-) 68 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1958 260th Pope Pius XII, originally Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli dies of heart failure at the age of 82 in Palazzo Apostolico, Castel Gandolfo, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 67 years ago Friday 9th of October 1959 Victim of Paul John Knowles aka Killing Time Amanda Beth Carr is born in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States.

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(x) 65 years ago Monday 9th of October 1961 22-year-old Serial killer Robert Christian Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter is sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for arson in Anamosa State Penitentiary, Anamosa, Iowa, United States.

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(x) 62 years ago Friday 9th of October 1964 39-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 13 / Luftballonkonzert' in Perinetkeller, Perinetgasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(-) 59 years ago Monday 9th of October 1967 Marxist revolutionary, guerrilla leader and military theorist Ernesto Che Guevara is executed by 31-year-old Mario Terán at the age of 39 in La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. In all Guevara was shot nine times by Terán. This included five times in his legs once in the right shoulder and arm, once in the chest and finally in the throat.

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(x) 56 years ago He Was an Agent of God Friday 9th of October 1970 24-year-old Mass murderer John Linley Frazier aka The Killer Prophet shoots 45-year-old ophthalmologist Victor Masashi Ohta, his 43-year-old wife Virginia, their two sons 11-year-old Taggart, 12-year-old Derek and 38-year-old secretary Dorothy Cadwallader and sets the house on fire in a delusional fit in 999 Rodeo Gulch Road, Santa Cruz, California, United States. Frazier believed he was an agent of God. 18-year-old Taura Ohta and her 11-year-old sister Lark survived. Taura commited suicide by an overdose of pills and attempted to asphyxiate herself with carbon monoxide gas i n her garage seven years later.

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(+) 51 years ago He Was John's Birthday Gift Thursday 9th of October 1975 Musician Sean Taro Ono Lennon is born in New York City, New York, United States. Sean was born on his father John Lennon's 35th birthday.

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(-) 48 years ago Monday 9th of October 1978 Singer-songwriter Jacques Romain Georges Brel dies of pulmonary embolism at the age of 49 in Hôpital Avicenne, 125 Rue de Stalingrad, Bobigny, Île-de-France, France. Brel was suffering from an advanced stage of lung cancer.

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(x) 46 years ago Thursday 9th of October 1980 51-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is arrested as Richard Clark for sodomizing a 17-year-old boy in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

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(-) 43 years ago Sunday 9th of October 1983 Igor Gudkov is abducted and killed by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper in Park of Aviators, Rostov, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 42 years ago Tuesday 9th of October 1984 Suzanne Foucault is asphyxiated by serial killer Thierry Paulin aka Le Tueur de la Pleine Lune in 19 Rue Nicolet, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Foucault was discovered in her burning flat by firemen called in for a case of arson.

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(-) 41 years ago Wednesday 9th of October 1985 Philatelist and forger Robert L. Haisman commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 60 in Santa Cruz, California, United States. Haisman also killed his 58-year-old wife Beverly Joy.

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(-) 38 years ago Sunday 9th of October 1988 Inventor and mechanical engineer Felix Heinrich Wankel known for the Wankel engine dies of cancer at the age of 86 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 24 years ago She Thanked Society for Railroading Her Ass Wednesday 9th of October 2002 Serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos, originally Pittman aka The Florida Highway Killer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 46 in Florida State Prison, 23916 NW 83rd Ave., Raiford, Florida, United States. Wuornos' last meal request was for Kentucky Fried Chicken and french fries. In an interview shortly before her execution Wuornos' final on-camera words were "Thanks a lot, society, for railroading my ass."

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 9th of October 2004 A visitor on the opening night of the 'Footnotes & Context' exhibition that included a huge (now permanent) installation by AMVK in the university library in Heverlee, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

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