Monday, May 14, 2007

14 may 1999 - Gent, Belgium


Gallerist Barbara Thumm and artist AMVK at the St. Baafscathedral in Gent.

1856 (x) Start of the trial against 31-year-old Serial Killer Dr William Palmer aka The Prince of Poisoners, in the Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom.
1868 (+) Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld is born in Kolberg, Poland.
1912 (-) Writer August Strindberg dies of pneumonia at the age of 63 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1930 (-) Maria Butlies is attacked by Peter Kürten aka The Düsseldorfer Monster, in Düsseldorf, NordRhein-Westfalen, Germany.
1935 (-) Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld dies of a heart-attack at the age of 67 in Nice, France.
1944 (+) Filmmaker George Lucas is born in Modesto, California, USA.
1952 (+) Musician David Byrne is born in Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom.
1965 (-) Irena St. is attacked by Zdzislaw Marchwicki aka The Wampir, at the age of 16 in Grodziek, Poland.
1968 (-) Mr Delisse is shot in the head by Nestor Pirotte in Genval, Belgium.
Pirotte, sentenced to death 13 years earlier, was out on parole.
1970 (x) Terrorist Andreas Baader is liberated from the Deutschen Zentralinstituts für soziale Fragen while on leave from Tegel Prison, by Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin in Berlin, Miquelstrasse, Germany.
It marks the official foundation of the Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe aka Rote Armee Fraktion.
1972 (-) National Hero Romas Kalanta aka The Young Man with the Mesmerizing Eyes, commits suicide by self-immolation at the age of 19 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
It was a protest against the occupation of Lithuania by the USSR.
1973 (x) 7 members of the Alday family are raped, sodomised, beaten and shot dead by escaped prisoners Wayne Coleman, George Dungee and Carl and Billy Isaacs in Seminole County, Georgia, USA.
1976 (-) Samuel Stapleton is murdered by John Gacy aka The Killer Clown, at the age of 14 in Chicago, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
1977 (x) Unknown Master’s ‘Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes’ is attacked with acid by Hans-Dieter Muller in Lubeck, St. Agidien church, Germany.
1983 (x) Serial Killer Randy Kraft aka The Freeway Killer, is arrested for drunk driving, while the body of 25-year-old Terry Lee Gambrel was found garotted in the passenger seat in San Diego, Interstate 5, California, USA.
1984 (-) SS-Colonel and inventor of the “Black Raven” Gassing Vans Walter Rauff dies of a heart-attack at the age of 77 in Chile.
1985 (-) William Doi is shot dead by Richard Ramirez aka The Nightstalker, at the age of 66 in Los Angeles, Monterey Park, California, USA.
1986 (-) Aline Peres is stabbed to death by Francis Heaulme aka The Emmaus Murderer, at the age of 49 in Brest, France.
1988 (-) Aljoscha Woronko is stabbed to death by Andrej Tsjikatilo aka The Rostow Ripper, at the age of 9 in Artjomowsk, Russia.
1991 (-) Widow of Leader Mao, Jiang Qing aka Madame Mao, commits suicide by a drug overdose at the age of 77 in China.
1993 (-) Gangster and kidnapper Patrick Haemers commits suicide by hanging in his prison cell at the age of 41 in Brussels, Vorst Prison, Brabant, Belgium.
1997 (-) Joan Brock is beaten to death as sixth victim by Daniel Blank at the age of 55 in LaPlace, Texas, USA.

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