41st year - Nr 274 Thursday, 1 October 2026

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41st year - Nr 274 Thursday, 1 October 2026

1 October / Today's 35 Events:

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(-) 622 years ago Monday 1st of October 1404 203rd Pope Bonifatius IX, originally Pietro Cybo Tomacelli dies of natural causes at the age of 54 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 213 years ago Friday 1st of October 1813 Johann Miltenberg is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Gesche Gottfried aka Der Engel von Bremen in Bremen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany. Miltenberg was Gottfried's first husband.

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(+) 179 years ago Friday 1st of October 1847 Theosophist, writer and women's rights activist Annie Wood Besant is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 138 years ago Monday 1st of October 1888 Unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper sends a 'Saucy Jacky' postcard to the Central News Agency in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work tomorrow double event this time number one squealed a bit couldn't finish straight off. Had not got time to get ears off for police thanks for keeping last letter back till I got to work again. Jack the Ripper

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(-) 130 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1896 Rosine Rodier is stabbed to death by serial killer Joseph Vacher aka L’Eventreur du Sud-Est in Varennes-Saint-Honorat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

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(-) 123 years ago It Was Completed Within Fifteen Minutes Thursday 1st of October 1903 The three brothers Willis, Frederick, and Burton van Wormer are executed by Old Sparky in Dannemora Prison, Dannemora, New York, United States. 11:34 — Willis van Wormer has entered the death chamber. 11:36 — Current turned into Willis's body. 11:37 — Willis van Wormer declared dead. 11:41 — Frederick has entered the death chamber. 11:42 — Current turned on into Frederick. 11:43 — Frederick declared dead. 11:47 — Burton enters death chamber. 11:48 — Current turned on into Burton. 11:48 — Burton de clared dead. The triple execution had been completed within just fifteen minutes.

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(+) 123 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1903 Composer Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(+) 116 years ago Saturday 1st of October 1910 Gangster Bonnie Elizabeth Parker is born in Rowena, Texas, United States.

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(-) 113 years ago Wednesday 1st of October 1913 Double murderer Patrick Higgins is executed by hanging by John Ellis at the age of 38 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Higgins drowned his 2 sons, 6-year-old William and 4-year-old John at Hopetoun Quarry, Abercorn, West Lothian on 25 October 1911.

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(+) 106 years ago Friday 1st of October 1920 Actor Walter Matthau, originally Walter John Matthow is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 102 years ago Wednesday 1st of October 1924 39th President of the United States Jimmy James Earl Carter is born in Wise Sanatorium, Hospital Street, Plains, Georgia, United States.

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(+) 98 years ago Monday 1st of October 1928 Actor George Peppard known for his role as Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith in ‘The A-Team’ is born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 91 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 1935 Actress and singer Julie Elizabeth Andrews is born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 81 years ago Monday 1st of October 1945 Veronica Hudzinski is shot in the shoulder by serial killer William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More in North Winthrop Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hudzinski survived.

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(+) 81 years ago He Was a Premature Spider Monday 1st of October 1945 Alpine ski racer Vladimir Peter Sabich aka Spider is born in Sacramento, California, United States. Sabich's lifelong nickname 'Spider' was given by his father as a result of thin arms and legs at a premature birth.

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(x) 80 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 1946 52-year-old Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Walter Richard Hess is convicted to life imprisonment for committing crimes against peace and conspiracy to commit crimes in Saal 600, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Hess was one of seven Nazis to receive prison sentences at the trial. These seven were transported by aircraft to the Allied military prison at Spandau in Berlin on 18 July 1947.

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(-) 75 years ago Monday 1st of October 1951 Chief executioner Jules-Henri Desfourneaux aka Monsieur de Paris dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 69 years ago He Was Going to See Jesus Tuesday 1st of October 1957 Cop killer Jacques Fesch is executed by the Guillotine by André Olbrecht at the age of 27 in Prison de la Santé, 42 Rue de la Santé, XIVe, Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Fesch' last journal entry was "In five hours, I will see Jesus!".

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(x) 64 years ago Monday 1st of October 1962 29-year-old American Civil Rights Movement figure James Howard Meredith known for becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi becomes the first African-American student to enroll in University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States.

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(-) 49 years ago Saturday 1st of October 1977 Hilda McAulay is found strangled by serial killer The Bible John Killer in Renfrewshire, Langbank, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 49 years ago Saturday 1st of October 1977 Jean Bernadette Jordan, originally Jean Royle is hammered and stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper in Princess Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. A week later Sutcliffe went back to the undiscovered body and mutilated it, trying to cut off the head.

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(-) 34 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1992 Activist and founder of Die Grünen Petra Karin Kelly, originally Petra Karin Lehmann shot dead while sleeping by her partner, 69-year-old ex-general Gert Bastian at the age of 45 in Swinemünder Straße 6, Tannenbusch, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. After killing Kelly, Bastian committed suicide with the same weapon. Their bodies were only found weeks later after Bastian's wife summoned the police to search Kelly's flat.

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(-) 30 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 1996 Phytotherapist and nutritionist Alfred Vogel dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Feusisberg, Schwyz, Switzerland.

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(-) 29 years ago Wednesday 1st of October 1997 Murderer Dwight Dwayne Adanandus is executed by lethal injection at the age of 41 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 28 years ago Thursday 1st of October 1998 Double murderer Javier Cruz is executed by lethal injection at the age of 41 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 26 years ago Sunday 1st of October 2000 Gangster Reginald Kray aka Reggie Kray dies of cancer at the age of 67 in Townhouse Hotel Room #4, 18-22 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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(-) 24 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 2002 Child rapist and murderer James Rexford Powell is executed by lethal injection at the age of 56 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Powell's last meal request was for one pot of coffee.

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(-) 22 years ago Friday 1st of October 2004 Photographer Richard Avedon dies of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 81 in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 21 years ago Saturday 1st of October 2005 46-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV plays at the Midi Modern Music Festival in Haidian Park, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 1st of October 2012 An overturned tricycle in a straight-angled corner nearby in Jade Buddha Temple, 170 Anyuan Road, Jing'An, Shanghai, China.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 1st of October 2012 The Second Coming of Joachim Stiller was a Sound Installation by Club Moral for the Antwerp Pavilion at the Shanghai Biennale 2012. Concept by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (AMVK) and Danny Devos (DDV).  Bunker Construction by DDV.  Music by Club Moral: Danny Devos - vocals, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven - electronics, Mauro Pawlowski - Drums, Aldo Struyf - Bass.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq6d7FCgry0 in Shanghai, China.

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(-) 9 years ago Sunday 1st of October 2017 Mass murderer Stephen Craig Paddock known for the Route 91 Harvest shooting commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 64 in Mandalay Bay Hotel, 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Paradise, Nevada, United States. Before Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. From his 32nd-floor suites Paddock fired more than 1.000 bullets, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413. The ensuing panic brought the total number of injured to approximately 867. The motive for the mass shooting remains officially undetermined.

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(-) 8 years ago Monday 1st of October 2018 Singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour, originally Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian dies of cardiopulmonary failure at the age of 94 in Route de Saint-Martin de Crau, Mouriès, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 7 years ago A Tumour on His Neck Could Burst Tuesday 1st of October 2019 Murderer Russell Earl Bucklew is executed by lethal injection at the age of 51 in Potosi Correctional Center, Bonne Terre, Missouri, United States. Bucklew had argued for months that the death penalty would qualify as cruel and unusual punishment due to blood-filled tumours that had grown in his head, neck and throat. He argued that a tumour on his neck could burst when given lethal injection and cause him to choke on his own blood.

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(-) 2 years ago Tuesday 1st of October 2024 Multiple murderer Garcia Glen White is executed by lethal injection at the age of 61 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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