23 events for Friday 1 January 2016

• (+) 585 Years Ago Today Saturday 1st of January 1431 214th Pope Alexander VI, originally Roderic Llançol i de Borja is born in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain.




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• (+) 512 Years Ago Today Friday 1st of January 1504 Theologian and church reformer Caspar Creuziger aka Cruciger the Elder is born in Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany.




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• (+) 281 Years Ago Today Saturday 1st of January 1735 Silversmith, engraver, early industrialist and Patriot Paul Revere is born in Boston, North End, Massachusetts, United States.




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• (+) 136 Years Ago Today Thursday 1st of January 1880 King of Siam Rama VI, originally Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua aka Vajiravudh is born in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.




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• (+) 121 Years Ago Today Tuesday 1st of January 1895 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover is born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.




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• (x) 104 Years Ago Today Monday 1st of January 1912 46-year-old Revolutionary leader and medical practitioner Yat-sen Sun aka The Father of the Nation announces the establishment of the Republic of China and is inaugurated as the Provisional President of the Republic in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.




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• (+) 97 Years Ago Today Wednesday 1st of January 1919 Boxer Rocky Graziano, originally Thomas Rocco Barbella is born in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.




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• (+) 97 Years Ago Today Wednesday 1st of January 1919 Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger known for The Catcher in the Rye is born in New York City, New York, United States.




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• (+) 97 Years Ago Today Wednesday 1st of January 1919 Actress Carole Landis, originally Frances Lillian Mary Ridste aka The Actress Who Could Have Been but never Was is born in Fairchild, Wisconsin, United States.




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• (+) 89 Years Ago Today Saturday 1st of January 1927 Dancer and choreographer Maurice Béjart, originally Maurice-Jean Berger is born in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.




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• (x) 85 Years Ago Today Thursday 1st of January 1931 39-year-old Mass murderer Szilveszter Matuska aka The Orient-Express Wrecker attempts to derail the Vienna-Passau Express D-train in Ansbach, Bayern, Germany.




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• (+) 76 Years Ago Today Monday 1st of January 1940 Serial killer Clifford Robert Olson aka The Vancouver Butcher is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.




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• (+) 64 Years Ago Today Tuesday 1st of January 1952 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Knut Detlef Folkerts is born in Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.




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• (-) 63 Years Ago Today Came that Fateful Day Thursday 1st of January 1953 Singer-songwriter Hank Hiram King Williams aka Luke the Drifter aka The Hillbilly Shakespeare aka The Singing Kid dies of a drug overdose at the age of 30 in Pure Oil Gas Station, 611 Main Street, Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States. Williams hired college student Charles Carr to drive him to a concert on New Year's Day at the Windsor Theater in Canton, Ohio when Williams was discovered unresponsive in the back seat. The only items found in the backseat of Williams' 1952 Cadillac were a few cans of beer and the hand-written lyrics to an unrecorded song 'Then Came that Fateful Day'. The cause of death was heart failure caused by the combination of alcohol, morphine and chloral hydrate.




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• (+) 61 Years Ago Today Saturday 1st of January 1955 Victim of Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness Denise Marie Naslund is born in Washington, United States.




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• (+) 60 Years Ago Today Sunday 1st of January 1956 Founder of Herbalife International Ltd Mark Reynolds Hughes is born in La Mirada, California, United States.




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• (x) 58 Years Ago Today He Fed the Dead Family's Cat Wednesday 1st of January 1958 45-year old Peter Smart, his 42-year-old wife Doris and their 10-year old son Michael are shot dead by 31-year-old Serial killer Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel aka The Monster in Human Shape aka The Beast of Birkenshaw in 38 Sheepburn Road, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom. Manuel stayed in their household for nearly a week, eating leftovers from a Hogmanay meal and even feeding the family cat.




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• (x) 45 Years Ago Today Friday 1st of January 1971 32-year-old Serial killer Jerry Jerome Henry Brudos aka The Lust Killer is treated for rectal bleeding in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.




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• (-) 44 Years Ago Today Saturday 1st of January 1972 Actor, singer and entertainer Maurice Auguste Chevalier dies of a heart attack at the age of 16 in Hôpital Necker, Rue de Sèvres, Paris, XVe, Île-de-France, France.




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• (x) 38 Years Ago Today Sunday 1st of January 1978 213 die in Air India Boeing 747-237B Flight 855 crash in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India.




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• (x) 35 Years Ago Today Thursday 1st of January 1981 Club Moral is founded by artists Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven and Danny Devos in Club Moral, Kattenberg 122, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.




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• (-) 21 Years Ago Today Sunday 1st of January 1995 Serial killer Fred Frederick Walter Stephen West aka The House of Horrors Murderer commits suicide by hanging at the age of 54 in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.




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• 16 Years Ago Today The Eyes had it Saturday 1st of January 2000 The first sunrise of the New Millenium as seen from my quarters in Taling Chan, Central Thailand, Thailand.

39 events for Friday 25 December 2015

• (-) 1220 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 0795 95th Pope Hadrianus I dies of unknown causes at the age of 95 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.




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• (+) 143 Years Ago Today Wednesday 25th of December 1872 Cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Chaja Rubinstein is born in Kraków, Województwo Małopolskie, Poland.




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• (+) 137 Years Ago Today Wednesday 25th of December 1878 Racer and automobile manufacterer Louis-Joseph Chevrolet is born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.




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• (+) 130 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 1885 Actor John Bowers, originally John E. Bowersox is born in Garrett, Indiana, United States.




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• (+) 128 Years Ago Today Sunday 25th of December 1887 Hotelier Conrad Nicholson Hilton is born in San Antonio, New Mexico, United States.




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• (-) 124 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 1891 Julia Connor is murdered by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor in Holmes Castle, S. Wallace and W. 63rd Street, Chicago, Englewood, Illinois, United States. Connor died of chlorophorm poisoning in an abortion attempt. Holmes also killed Connor's 8-year-old daughter Pearl.




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• (+) 122 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 1893 Murderess Edith Jessie Thompson, originally Graydon is born in 97 Norfolk Road, London, Dalston, Greater London, United Kingdom.




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• (-) 118 Years Ago Today Saturday 25th of December 1897 38-year-old Mary Isabella Spink is poisoned with tartar-emetic by serial poisoner George Chapman aka The Borough Poisoner in London, Leytonstone, Greater London, United Kingdom.




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• (+) 116 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 1899 Actor Humphrey DeForest Bogart is born in New York City, New York, United States.




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• (+) 107 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 1908 Raconteur Quentin Crisp, originally Denis Charles Pratt is born in Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom. Pratt changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties after leaving home and cultivating his effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks.




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• (+) 104 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 1911 Artist Louise Joséphine Bourgeois aka Spiderwoman is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.




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• (+) 101 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 1914 Murderer Grady B. Cole is born in Mississippi, United States.




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• (+) 97 Years Ago Today Wednesday 25th of December 1918 3rd President of Egypt Anwar Sadat, originally Muḥammad Anwar as-Sādāt is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, el-Menofeyya, Egypt.




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• (+) 91 Years Ago Today Thursday 25th of December 1924 Screenwriter, television producer and narrator Rod Rodman Edward Serling known from The Twilight Zone is born in Syracuse, New York, United States.




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• (+) 90 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 1925 Writer Carlos Castaneda is born in Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru.




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• (-) 69 Years Ago Today He Winked and Smiled and Died Wednesday 25th of December 1946 Comedian, actor and juggler W. C. Fields, originally William Claude Dukenfield dies of alcohol-related gastric hemorrhage at the age of 66 in Las Encinas Sanatorium, 2900 E Del Mar Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States. Carlotta Monti wrote that in Fields' final moments she used a garden hose to spray water onto the roof over his bedroom to simulate his favorite sound of falling rain.




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• (+) 66 Years Ago Today Sunday 25th of December 1949 Actress Sissy Mary Elizabeth Spacek is born in Quitman, Texas, United States.




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• (x) 63 Years Ago Today Thursday 25th of December 1952 47-year-old Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess escapes in Arizona State Hospital, 2500 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It was Judd's sixth attempt to escape and she was recaptured 46 hours later.




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• (-) 58 Years Ago Today Wednesday 25th of December 1957 Film pioneer Charles Pathé dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.




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• (+) 54 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 1961 Son of Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker Michael Kallinger is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.




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• (x) 44 Years Ago Today Saturday 25th of December 1971 167 die in Taeyunkak Hotel fire in Seoel, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.




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• (-) 38 Years Ago Today Sunday 25th of December 1977 Actor and film director Charles Spencer Chaplin dies of a stroke at the age of 88 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.




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• (+) 38 Years Ago Today Sunday 25th of December 1977 Doctor and a double agent suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi aka Abu Dujana al-Khurasani is born in Kuwait City, Kuwait.




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• (-) 33 Years Ago Today Saturday 25th of December 1982 25-year-old John R. Johnson is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Belshaw, Indiana, United States.




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• (+) 32 Years Ago Today Sunday 25th of December 1983 Son of Manson Family member Tex Watson, Benjamin Charles Watson is born in San Luis Obispo, California, United States.




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• (-) 32 Years Ago Today Sunday 25th of December 1983 Artist Joan Miró, originally Joan Miró i Ferrà dies of heart failure at the age of 90 in Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.




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• (-) 26 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 1989 General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party Nicolae Ceaușescu aka The Genius of the Carpathians is executed by the firing squad at the age of 71 in Târgoviște, Dâmbovița, Romania. Ceaușescu and his 70-year-old wife Elena had been sentenced to death by a People’s Court. The Ceaușescus were executed by a gathering of soldiers including Captain Ionel Boeru, Sergeant-Major Georghin Octavian and Dorin-Marian Cîrlan.




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• (-) 20 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 1995 Singer and actor Dean Martin, originally Dino Paul Crocetti aka The King of Cool dies of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at the age of 78 in Beverly Hills, California, United States.




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• (-) 19 Years Ago Today Wednesday 25th of December 1996 Child beauty queen JonBenét Patricia Ramsey is found killed by strangulation and a skull fracture at the age of 6 in 749 15th Street, Boulder, Colorado, United States. JonBenét was found covered in her special white blanket. There was a nylon cord around her neck, her wrists were tied above her head and her mouth was covered by duct tape. A garrote made from a length of cord and the broken handle of a paintbrush had been used to strangle JonBenét. The crime was never solved.




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• (x) 17 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 1998 53-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company is found drunk in his cell in Whitemoor Prison, March, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. It is thought Nilsen had been bingeing on homemade moonshine.




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• 16 Years Ago Today The Eyes had it Saturday 25th of December 1999 Audio junkies repairing cassetteplayers, televisions, videorecorders and all kinds of electronic equipment in makeshift stalls on Thanon Damrong in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.




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• (x) 15 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 2000 309 die in Dongdu building fire in Luoyang, Henan, China.




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• (-) 9 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 2006 Singer-songwriter, dancer and bandleader James Joseph Brown aka The Godfather of Soul dies of congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia at the age of 73 in Emory Crawford Long Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.




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• (-) 9 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 2006 Double murderer Yoshio Fujinami is executed by hanging at the age of 74 in Tokyo Detention House, Tokyo, Katsushika, Kantō, Japan. Unable to walk, Fujinami was taken to the gallows in a wheelchair.




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• (-) 9 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 2006 Murderer Yoshimitsu Akiyama is executed by hanging at the age of 77 in Tokyo Detention House, Tokyo, Katsushika, Kantō, Japan. Struggling to walk and partially blind, Akiyama had to be helped by prison guards to the execution chamber




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• (-) 9 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 2006 Serial killer Hiroaki Hidaka is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in 2-6 Kamihatchobori, Hiroshima, Naka-ku, Chūgoku, Japan.




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• (-) 9 Years Ago Today Monday 25th of December 2006 Multiple murderer Michio Fukuoka is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.




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• (x) 6 Years Ago Today Friday 25th of December 2009 23-year-old Terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab aka Omar Farooq al-Nigeri aka The Underwear Bomber attempts to detonate PETN and TAPN plastic explosives hidden in his underwear aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam in Denver, Colorado, United States. Abdulmutallab spent about 20 minutes in the toilet as the flight approached Detroit and then covered himself with a blanket after returning to his seat. Other passengers then heard popping noises, smelled a foul odour and some saw Abdulmutallab's trouser leg and the wall of the plane on fire. Fellow passenger Jasper Schuringa jumped on Abdulmutallab and subdued him as flight attendants used fire extinguishers to douse the flames. Two days after the attack Abdulmutallab was released from a hospital where he had been treated for first and second degree burns to his hands, and second degree burns to his right inner thigh and genitalia.




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• (-) 3 Years Ago Today Tuesday 25th of December 2012 Singer Andy Howard Andrew Williams aka The Moon River Singer dies of bladder cancer at the age of 85 in Branson, Missouri, United States.