Wednesday, March 14, 2018

33rd year - N° 73 Wednesday, 14 March 2018

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33rd year - N° 73 Wednesday, 14 March 2018

14 March / Today's 14 Events:
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165 years ago

Monday 14th of March 1853

Artist Ferdinand Hodler is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.


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139 years ago

Friday 14th of March 1879

Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


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135 years ago

Wednesday 14th of March 1883

Economist and revolutionary communist Karl Heinrich Marx dies of pleurisy at the age of 65 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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95 years ago

Wednesday 14th of March 1923

Photographer Diane Arbus, originally Diane Nemerov is born in New York City, New York, United States.


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86 years ago He Didn't Wait No More

Monday 14th of March 1932

Innovator and entrepreneur George Eastman commits suicide a shot through the heart at the age of 78 in Rochester, New York, United States.

Eastman left a suicide note that read, "My work is done. Why wait?"


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67 years ago

Wednesday 14th of March 1951

Murderer Jim Q. A. Patterson is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.


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46 years ago

Tuesday 14th of March 1972

112 die in Sterling Airways Flight 296 Caravelle crash into a mountain in Kalba, Al-Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.


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46 years ago

Tuesday 14th of March 1972

Anarchist publisher and millionaire Giangiacomo Feltrinelli dies in in the bombing of an electricity-line at the age of 46 in Segrate, Lombardia, Italy.


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39 years ago

Wednesday 14th of March 1979

32 die in CAAC Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E crash in Beijing, Hebei, China.

The crash was caused by an unqualified pilot who stole and flew the airliner. Total fatalities were all 12 crew, 32 ground, and no passengers. Over 200 people working in a factory on the crash site were injured.


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37 years ago

Saturday 14th of March 1981

22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'BesanKon' at Pap'cirkus-Festival in Besançon, Franche-Comté, France.

In an old schoolbuilding I made an installation with loud noise music and slide-projections from midnight till eight in the morning.


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34 years ago

Wednesday 14th of March 1984

Double murderer James David Autry aka Cowboy is executed by lethal injection at the age of 30 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Autry's last meal request was for a hamburger, french fries and a Dr. Pepper. During the execution he remained conscious and in great pain for about 10 minutes.


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29 years ago

Tuesday 14th of March 1989

Boxer David Thio dies in the ring after being punched in a coma by Terence Alli during the light-weight championship at the age of 23 in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France.


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22 years ago

Thursday 14th of March 1996

40-year-old Serial killer groupie Veronica Ver Lyn Compton is released on parole in Washington Corrections Center for Women, 9601 Bujacich Rd., Gig Harbor, Washington, United States.

Two weeks later, she was sent back to prison for parole violations.



11 years ago The Eyes had it

Wednesday 14th of March 2007

Cycling as far as I could in a one day journey on the longest street in Landsberger Allee, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.


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