Thursday, February 8, 2018

33rd year - N° 39 Thursday, 8 February 2018

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33rd year - N° 39 Thursday, 8 February 2018

8 February / Today's 16 Events:
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431 years ago All Her Troubles Came to an End

Sunday 8th of February 1587

Queen of Scots Mary Stuart is executed by beheading at the age of 45 in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.

Mary was not beheaded with a single strike. The first blow missed her neck and struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck except for a small bit of sinew which the executioner cut through using the axe. Afterward he held her head aloft and declared "God save the Queen." At that moment the auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.


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146 years ago

Thursday 8th of February 1872

Philosopher Theodor Lessing is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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124 years ago

Thursday 8th of February 1894

Film director King Wallis Vidor is born in Galveston, Texas, United States.


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97 years ago

Tuesday 8th of February 1921

Actress Lana Turner, originally Julia Jean Turner is born in Wallace, Idaho, United States.

She was the only daughter of teenaged parents 18-year-old John Virgil Turner and 16-year-old Mildred Frances Cowan.


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97 years ago Anarchy Mourned

Tuesday 8th of February 1921

Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin aka The Anarchist Prince dies of pneumonia at the age of 79 in Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia.


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94 years ago Gee Was a Gas

Friday 8th of February 1924

Murderer Jon Gee is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 29 in Nevada State Prison, 3301 E. 5th Street, Carson City, Nevada, United States.

Gee was the first man ever to be executed by cyanide gas. Officials first attempted to pump poison gas directly into Gee's cell while he was sleeping without success because the gas leaked from the cell. Later a makeshift gas chamber was set up at the butcher shop of the prison. At least one cat was used to test the lethal effectiveness of the chamber.


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94 years ago

Friday 8th of February 1924

Hermann Speichert is killed and his meat sold by serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf in Das Mordhaus, Rote Reihe 4, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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93 years ago

Sunday 8th of February 1925

Actor Jack John Uhler Lemmon is born in Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 2014 Washington Street, Newton, Massachusetts, United States.

Lemmon was born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.


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89 years ago

Friday 8th of February 1929

Rosa Ohliger is stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Vinzenzkirche, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Ohliger's body was doused with petrol and set on fire.


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89 years ago

Friday 8th of February 1929

Cop killer Günther Fritz Erwin Podola aka Mike Colato is born in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.


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87 years ago He Was no Rebel Yet

Sunday 8th of February 1931

Actor James Byron Dean known from Rebel Without a Cause is born in Seven Gables Apartment House, Corner of 4th Street and McClure Street, Marion, Indiana, United States.


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76 years ago

Sunday 8th of February 1942

SA-Obergruppenführer and Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition Fritz Todt known for Bautruppe Organisation Todt dies in a plane crash after take-off at the age of 51 in Flughafen Rastenburg, Kętrzyn, Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland.


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66 years ago

Friday 8th of February 1952

Victim of Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer Alice Helen Allison Liu is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.


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63 years ago

Tuesday 8th of February 1955

Irmgard Strehl is sexually assaulted and stabbed to death by serial killer Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale in Bundesbahn 63, Herrenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.


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35 years ago it Was Very Awful

Tuesday 8th of February 1983

38-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company is arrested after neighbours complained about a blocked drain in 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Upon arrival home from work Nilsen queried why the police would be interested in his drains, so the officer told him they were filled with human remains. "Good grief, how awful!" exclaimed Nilsen.



14 years ago The Eyes had it

Sunday 8th of February 2004

A journey into the Kampong suburbs in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.


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