41st year - Nr 283 Saturday, 10 October 2026

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41st year - Nr 283 Saturday, 10 October 2026

10 October / Today's 27 Events:

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(+) 213 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1813 Composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi is born in Via della Processione 1, Le Roncole, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(+) 137 years ago He Was an Original Thursday 10th of October 1889 Art forger Han Henricus Antonius van Meegeren is born in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.

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(-) 132 years ago Wednesday 10th of October 1894 Howard Robert Pitezel is strangled by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor in Irvington, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 125 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1901 Sculptor Alberto Giacometti is born in Borgonovo, Graubünden, Switzerland.

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(-) 103 years ago Wednesday 10th of October 1923 Murderess Susan Newell is executed by hanging at the age of 30 in Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Newell was the last woman to be hanged in Scotland.

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(+) 102 years ago His Mother Wanted a Daughter Friday 10th of October 1924 Cult film director Ed Edward Davis Wood aka The Worst Director of All Time is born in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Wood's mother Lillian would dress him in girl's clothing when he was a child because she had always wanted a daughter. For the rest of his life Wood became a heterosexual crossdresser infatuated with the feel of angora on his skin.

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(x) 101 years ago Saturday 10th of October 1925 Kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 101 years ago He Was Strong but not from Outer Space Saturday 10th of October 1925 Strongman and eccentric Antonio Barichievich aka The Great Antonio is born in Zagreb, Zagrebačka županija, Croatia. In his later years Barichievich claimed that he was an extraterrestrial.

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(+) 96 years ago He Had a Birthday Party Friday 10th of October 1930 Writer and playwright Harold Pinter is born in Hackney, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 95 years ago Saturday 10th of October 1931 39-year-old Mass murderer Szilveszter Matuska aka The Orient-Express Wrecker is arrested in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 93 years ago Tuesday 10th of October 1933 Hair stylist and victim of the Manson Family Jay Sebring, originally Thomas John Kummer is born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Jay after the first initial of his middle name and Sebring after the famous Florida car race.

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(-) 87 years ago His Heart Pulled the Switch Tuesday 10th of October 1939 New York State Electrician aka executioner Robert Greene Elliott dies of coronary embolism at the age of 65 in Richmond Hill, 132-10 Ninety-fourth Avenue, Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 86 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1940 Executioner Alwin Engelhardt dies of heart failure at the age of 65 in Schmölln, Thüringen, Germany. During his time as an executioner Engelhardt executed over 100 people.

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(+) 78 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1948 Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Geraldine Evans is born in 10 Rillington Place, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 77 years ago Monday 10th of October 1949 20-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is convicted of forgery for a $10 check at a gas station in Maryville, Missouri, United States. Hatcher was sentenced to three years imprisonment in Missouri State Penitentiary.

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(x) 77 years ago The Murder Was Not Televised Monday 10th of October 1949 22-year-old Double murderer Daniel Raven batters his wealthy parents-in-law 49-year-old Leopold Goodman and 47-year-old Esther to death with the heavy base of a television aerial in Edgware, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

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(-) 63 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1963 Singer Édith Piaf, originally Édith Giovanna Gassion aka La Môme Piaf dies of an aneurism at the age of 48 in Chemin de la Rouree, Plascassier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(x) 61 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1965 27-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 13. Aktion in the house of Heinz Cibulka in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(x) 56 years ago Saturday 10th of October 1970 Bomb attack by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground on the traffic-court building in support for the prison riots in Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Friday 10th of October 1980 Cherie Lynn Ayers is raped and killed by serial killer Randall Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer in Portland, Oregon, United States. Woodfield was linked by DNA technology to the murder of Ayers in 2005.

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(-) 41 years ago He Didn't Smoke no More Thursday 10th of October 1985 Actor Yul Brynner, originally Youl or Yuliy Borisovich Briner dies of lung cancer at the age of 65 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 41 years ago He Was D for Dead Thursday 10th of October 1985 Actor and film director Orson George Welles dies of a heart attack at the age of 70 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 40 years ago Friday 10th of October 1986 Gerold 'Gero' Hermann Johannes Edler von Braunmühl is shot dead by die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe in Buchholzstraße 39, Ippendorf, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The Ingrid Schubert Commando claims responsability. The main suspects in his murder are Rote Armee Fraktion members Barbara and Horst Meyer but there is no evidence. In the forensic examination of the projectiles a revolver of the Smith & Wesson type was identified, most likely the same gun with which West German business leader Hanns Martin Schleyer was executed.

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(x) 33 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1993 292 die in MV Seohae ferry sinking in Wido, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea.

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(-) 32 years ago Monday 10th of October 1994 Wife of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Anna Schoeffler dies of natural causes at the age of 96 in Lancaster General Hospital, 555 N Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 22 years ago Came the Planes Sunday 10th of October 2004 Actor Christopher D'Olier Reeve known for portraying Superman dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 52 in Northern Westchester Hospital, 400 Main Street, Mount Kisco, New York, United States.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 10th of October 2005 The remains of what once was a stairway in a demolished house in a hutong also gone in Shanghai, China.

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