Saturday, July 4, 2015

30th year - N° 185 Saturday, 4 July 2015

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30th year - N° 185 Saturday, 4 July 2015

4 July / Today's 15 Events:
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225 years ago

Sunday 4th of July 1790

Surveyor and geographer George Everest is born in Gwernvale Manor, Crickhowell, Wales, United Kingdom.


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189 years ago

Tuesday 4th of July 1826

Founding Father and 3rd President of the United States Thomas Jefferson dies of toxemia, uremia and pneumonia at the age of 83 in Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.


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184 years ago

Monday 4th of July 1831

4th President of the United States James Monroe dies of heart failure at the age of 73 in New York City, New York, United States.


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143 years ago

Thursday 4th of July 1872

30th president of the United States Calvin John Coolidge is born in Plymouth, Vermont, United States.


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137 years ago

Thursday 4th of July 1878

17-year-old Serial killer Henry Howard Holmes, originally Herman Webster Mudgett aka The Torture Doctor marries Clara A. Lovering in Alton, New Hampshire, United States.


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120 years ago

Thursday 4th of July 1895

Cop killer IJje Wijkstra is born in Doezum, Groningen, Netherlands.


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113 years ago

Friday 4th of July 1902

Mobster Meyer Lansky, originally Meier Suchowlański aka The Mob's Accountant is born in Grodno, Hrodzienskaja Vobłasć, Belarus.


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105 years ago

Monday 4th of July 1910

32-year-old Boxer Jack John Arthur Johnson aka The Galveston Giant known for becoming the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion wins from white Jim Jeffries in the World Championship in 'The Fight of the Century' in Reno, Nevada, United States.

Johnson's victory caused huge race-riots all over the country. In all, riots occurred in more than 25 states and 50 cities. Twenty people were killed across America from the riots, and hundreds more were injured.


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96 years ago

Friday 4th of July 1919

22-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer is discharged from the army in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Petiot was diagnosed as suffering from mental disorder, neurasthenia, depression, melancholia, obsession and phobia.


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87 years ago

Wednesday 4th of July 1928

Actress Gina Luigina Lollobrigida is born in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy.


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49 years ago

Monday 4th of July 1966

41-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 30 / Vietnamparty' in Perinetkeller, Perinetgasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.


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45 years ago

Saturday 4th of July 1970

Artist Barnett Newman known for Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? dies of a heart attack at the age of 65 in New York City, New York, United States.


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28 years ago

Saturday 4th of July 1987

74-year-old SS-Hauptsturmführer Klaus Nikolaus Barbie aka The Butcher of Lyon is sentenced to life imprisonment in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France.


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12 years ago

Friday 4th of July 2003

Singer-songwriter Barry White, originally Barry Eugene Carter aka The Walrus of Love dies of renal failure at the age of 59 in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.



5 years ago The Eyes had it

Sunday 4th of July 2010

Miniature cliffs in a flower pot resulting from frostbite on our rooftop terrace in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.


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