Monday, April 22, 2013

80 Years Ago He Wished He Had Spent More Time in the Office

289 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 1724
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Philiosopher Immanuel Kant is born in Königsberg, Prussia, Germany.

247 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 22 April 1766
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Writer Germaine Anne Louise de Staël originally Germaine Necker aka Madame, is born in Paris, Paris - Ile-de-France, France.

173 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1840
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Painter Odilon Redon is born in Bordeaux, France.

143 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1870
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Bolsjevist leader Vladimir Ilyitsch Lenin is born in Simbirsk, Russia.

122 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1891
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Anarchist and supposed murderer Nicola Ferdinando Sacco is born in Torremaggiore, Fogia, Italy.

114 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 1899
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Writer Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Nabokov is born in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia.

109 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1904
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Scientist and Father of the Atomic Bomb, Robert Julius Oppenheimer is born in New York, New York, United States.

97 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 1916
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Composer Yehudi Menuhin is born in New York, New York, United States.

91 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 1922
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Musician Charles Mingus is born in Nogales, Arizona, United States.

90 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 22 April 1923
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TV-series-maker Aaron Spelling is born in Dallas, Texas, United States.

90 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 22 April 1923
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Fetish model Bettie Mae Page aka the Queen of Pinups, is born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

88 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1925
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Murderer John Norman Holmes Thorne is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in London, Wandsworth Prison, London City of, United Kingdom.

83 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 22 April 1930
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Murderer William Henry Podmore is executed by hanging in Winchester Prison, United Kingdom.

80 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 1933
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Automobile pioneer Henry Frederick Royce dies at the age of 70 in West Wittering, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
His last words were reported to be, "I wish I had spent more time in the office."

79 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 22 April 1934
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FBI-agent Carter Baum is killed by George Nelson originally Lester Joseph Gillis aka Baby Face, at the age of 29 in Spider Lake, Colorado, United States.

76 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 22 April 1937
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Actor Jack Nicholson is born in Neptune, New Jersey, United States.

71 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1942
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Alice Porter is crucified by Fern Donald in Pueblo Church, Colorado, United States.

68 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 22 April 1945
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Artist Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz dies at the age of 77 in Moritzburg, Germany.

67 YEARS AGO - on Monday 22 April 1946
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Filmmaker John Samuel Waters is born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

61 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 22 April 1952
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Pornographic actress Marilyn Chambers originally Marilyn Ann Briggs, is born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

53 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1960
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Murderer Lawrence Wade is executed by the Gas Chamber in San Quentin Prison, California, United States.

53 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1960
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Valeska Eder is shot dead by Klaus Gosmann aka Der Mittagsmörder, in Nürnberg, Tuchgartenstraße, Bayern, Germany.

43 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1970
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H. Kecinski commits suicide due to distress in Fahrdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
He also kills his wife and 7 children.

41 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 1972
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26-year-old Serial Killer Arthur Shawcross aka The Monster of the Rivers aka The Genesee River Killer, marries his third wife, Penny Sherbino in Watertown, New York, United States.

36 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1977
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Debra Schlesinger is stabbed to death by a Yorkshire Ripper-copycat at the age of 18 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

33 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 22 April 1980
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313 Die in Don Juan shipwreck in Manila, Filippines.

30 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1983
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Murderer John Evans is executed by Old Sparky in Alabama, United States.
After the first jolt of electricity, sparks and flames erupted from the electrode attached to his leg. The electrode then burst from the strap holding it in place and caught on fire. Smoke and sparks came out from under the hood. Two physicians entered the chamber and found a heartbeat. The electrode was reattached to his leg. More smoke and burning flesh. Again doctors found a heartbeat. Ignoring the pleas of Evan's lawyer, Russ Canan, a third jolt was applied. The execution took 14 minutes and left Evan's body charred and smoldering.

29 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 22 April 1984
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April Brunais is raped and strangled by Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler, at the age of 16 in Griswold, Connecticut, United States.

29 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 22 April 1984
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Leslie Shelley is raped and strangled by Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler, at the age of 14 in Griswold, Connecticut, United States.

27 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 22 April 1986
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Black Vietnam-veteran and murderer David Funchess is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Starke State Prison, Florida, United States.

21 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1992
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206 Die in numerous gasoline explosions in the sewer system in Guadalajara, Mexico.

19 YEARS AGO - on Friday 22 April 1994
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37th president of the USA Richard Mulhouse Nixon dies of a stroke at the age of 81 in New York City, New York, United States.
He was the only president to resign without completing an elected term.

15 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 22 April 1998
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Murderer Jose R. Villafuerte is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, United States.

11 YEARS AGO - on Monday 22 April 2002
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Porn Actress Linda Lovelace originally Linda Susan Boreman, dies of massive trauma and internal injuries after a car accident on 3 April at the age of 53 in Denver, Colorado, United States.

10 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 22 April 2003
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Murderer Juan Rodriguez Chavez is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, United States.

9 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 22 April 2004
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150 Die in two fuel trains collision in Ryongchon, North Korea.

7 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 22 April 2006
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46-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV, performs "The Discovery of James Lee Byars' Tomb" in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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