Saturday 23rd of June 1894

King of the United Kingdom Edward VIII aka The Duke of Windsor is born as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David in White Lodge, London, Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday 23rd of June 1894

Sexologist Alfred Charles Kinsey is born in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

Wednesday 23rd of June 1897

Organiser of the Bayreuther Festspiele Winifred Wagner is born as Winifred Marjorie Williams in Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom.

Sunday 23rd of June 1912

Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher Alan Mathison Turing aka The Father of Computer Science is born in Maida Vale, 2 Warrington Crescent, London, Paddington, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Thursday 23rd of June 1927

Choreographer and film director Bob Robert Louis Fosse is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Thursday 23rd of June 1938

Musician Alan Vega known from Proto Punk band Suicide is born as Boruch Alan Bermowitz in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Thursday 23rd of June 1938

Victim of Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer Judy Ann Dull is born as Judith Ann Van Horn Dull in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Sunday 23rd of June 1940

Musician Stuart Fergusson Victor 'Stu' Sutcliffe aka The Fifth Beatle is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 23rd of June 1959

Writer, poet, musician, actor and engineer Boris Vian aka Vernon Sullivan aka Bison Ravi aka Baron Visi aka Brisavion dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 39 in Cinema Marbeuf, 34 Rue Marbeuf, Paris, VIIIe, Île-de-France, France.

Minutes after the film version of 'J'Irai Cracher sur Vos Tombes' began Vian reportedly blurted out: "These guys are supposed to be American? My ass!" He then collapsed into his seat and died en route to the hospital.

Thursday 23rd of June 1960

Rapist and murderer Willard Phillips is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

Friday 23rd of June 1961

12-year-old Frank Beck is attacked by serial killer Jürgen Bartsch aka Der Kirmesmörder in Luftschutzbunker, Heegerstraße 34, Langenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Beck survived.

Saturday 23rd of June 1962

Victim of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono aka The Hillside Stranglers Judy Judith Ann Miller is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Tuesday 23rd of June 1964

26-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 6. Aktion in Galerie Junge Generation, Blutgasse 3, Wien, Wien, Austria.

Friday 23rd of June 1967

Victim of Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal Oliver Lacy aka Birdie is born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.

Sunday 23rd of June 1968

17-year-old Serial killer Gustaaf Van Eyken aka De Vampier van Muizen escapes from St. Jozef reformatory and rapes an unidentified woman in Mortsel, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Thursday 23rd of June 1977

Child killer Jérôme Carrein is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 38 in Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Carrein was the second-to-last convicted criminal to be executed by the guillotine in France.

Tuesday 23rd of June 1981

Actress Zarah Leander dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 74 in Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

Sunday 23rd of June 1985

329 die in Air India Boeing 747-237B Flight 182 bomb explosion in south of Ireland, the North Atlantic Ocean.

The main suspects in the bombing were members of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa and other related groups based in Canada.

Sunday 23rd of June 1985

47-year-old Serial killer Ian Brady aka The Moors Murderers (with Myra Hindley) confesses to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett in a newspaper article by Fred Harrison in Gartree Prison, Gallow Field Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 23rd of June 1987

20-year-old Larry Wayne Pearson is tied up and tortured by serial killer Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher in 4315 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Berdella ensured Pearson became intoxicated before injecting him with chlorpromazine and moving him down to his basement where he drugged and tortured Pearson for six weeks.

Tuesday 23rd of June 1998

Experimental filmmaker Kurt Kren aka Lord of the Frames dies of pneumonia at the age of 69 in Wien, Wien, Austria.

Friday 23rd of June 2006

Television producer Aaron Spelling dies of a stroke at the age of 83 in Spelling Manor, 594 S Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles, Holmby Hills, California, United States.

Saturday 23rd of June 2007

Ironwork in need of some paint in the railway station in Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

Saturday 23rd of June 2012

The cover for our limited edition 'Theme for Another Dimension' b/w 'Was Heißt hier Angst?' for The Player in De Player, Hillelaan 49d, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Wednesday 23rd of June 2021

Computer programmer and businessman John David McAfee known for McAfee VirusScan commits suicide by hanging in his cell at the age of 76 in Centre Penitenciari Brians 2, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, Spain.

McAfee was arrested in Spain over tax evasion charges on 6 October 2020. The charges were announced shortly after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that it had brought civil charges against McAfee and that he could face 30 years in prison if convicted in the criminal matter.

Thursday 23rd of June 2022

Colourful sky in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.