29th year - N° 136 Friday, 16 May 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 136 Friday, 16 May 2014

16 May / Today's 5 Events:

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(+) 153 years ago Thursday 16th of May 1861 Serial killer Henry Howard Holmes, originally Herman Webster Mudgett aka The Torture Doctor is born in Gilmantown, New Hampshire, United States.

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(x) 94 years ago Sunday 16th of May 1920 508-year-old Heroine Jeanne d'Arc aka La Pucelle d'Orléans is canonised Saint by Pope Benedict XV in Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(x) 84 years ago Friday 16th of May 1930 Gertrud Bell is attacked by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Kürten reasoned that she had not attempted to fight him, and because she could not remember where he lived, he took her to the train station and walked away. The woman wrote a letter to a friend to tell her of the horrible incident, but since it was undeliverable, the letter was opened by a postal worker. The police were notified immediately. They questioned the young woman and then she led them to Kurten's home, and then he was arrested on 24 May 1930.

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(x) 50 years ago Saturday 16th of May 1964 39-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 8 / Stillleben' in Perinetkeller, Perinetgasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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7 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 16th of May 2007 Preparing for a performance in Finland by filling a wooden box with earth from my Hole in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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