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39th year  -  N° 359                 Tuesday, 24 December 2024         Antwerpen		
The Loudness When Doors Close Shut




23 events for 14 September:

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    309 Years Ago Today

    Saturday 14th of September 1715

    Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon known for his contributions to the production and quality of champagne dies of unknown causes at the age of 76 in Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Hautvillers, Marne, France.


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    126 Years Ago Today His Death Wasn't Calculated

    Wednesday 14th of September 1898

    Inventor of the calculating machine William Seward Burroughs dies of unknown causes at the age of 43 in Citronelle, Alabama, United States.


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    123 Years Ago Today

    Saturday 14th of September 1901

    25th President of the United States William McKinley dies of gangrene at the age of 58 in Milburn House, Buffalo, New York, United States.

    McKinley got gangrene due to septic gunshot wounds suffered in an attack by Polish anarchist Leon Czolgosz on 5 September.


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    102 Years Ago Today

    Thursday 14th of September 1922

    Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall is shot in the head by persons unknown at the age of 41 in Somerset, New Jersey, United States.

    Hall was found on 16 September 1922 next to his 34-year-old lover Eleanor Reinhardt Mills who was also shot in the head three times. Mills' throat was cut and her tongue had been cut out. A pile of torn love letters was found strewn around over the bodies.


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    97 Years Ago Today

    Wednesday 14th of September 1927

    Dancer Isadora Angela Duncan aka The Mother of Modern Dance dies of strangulation and carotid artery insult at the age of 49 in Promenade des Anglais, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

    Duncan's long shawl got tangled in the wheel of the Amilcar GS driven by her mechanic Benoît Falchetto.


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    92 Years Ago Today

    Wednesday 14th of September 1932

    Assassin Paul Gorguloff known for shooting French President Paul Doumer is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 37 in Prison de la Santé, 42 Rue de la Santé, Paris, XIVe, Montparnasse, Île-de-France, France.

    Gorguloff's last words were "Russia, my country!".


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    73 Years Ago Today

    Friday 14th of September 1951

    Irish republican hunger striker Joe Joseph McDonnel is born as Seosamh Mac Domhnaill in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.


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    70 Years Ago Today

    Tuesday 14th of September 1954

    Gang leader and multiple murderer Genaro Ruiz Gene Camacho is born in Mercedes, Texas, United States.


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    67 Years Ago Today

    Saturday 14th of September 1957

    Triple murderer Steven Ceon Renfro is born in Marshall, Texas, United States.


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    65 Years Ago Today

    Monday 14th of September 1959

    Victim of Dean Corll aka The Candyman James Stanton Dreymala is born in Houston, Texas, United States.


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    57 Years Ago Today

    Thursday 14th of September 1967

    Pornographic actress Anna Malle aka Anna Hotop is born as Anna Marie Stout in Havana, Illinois, United States.


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    52 Years Ago Today

    Thursday 14th of September 1972

    15-year-old Aiko Koo is strangled and cut to pieces by serial killer Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer in San Francisco, California, United States.


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    50 Years Ago Today

    Saturday 14th of September 1974

    19-year-old Gwen Burton is assaulted and raped with a hammer by serial killer Harvey Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

    Burton was left for dead but survived.


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    49 Years Ago Today

    Sunday 14th of September 1975

    Art vandal Arie Van Dijck attacks Rembrandt’s ‘Nightwatch’ with a knife in Rijksmuseum, Museumplein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.


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    42 Years Ago Today

    Tuesday 14th of September 1982

    Actress and Princess of Monaco Grace Patricia Kelly succumbs to injuries sustained in a traffic collision the day before at the age of 53 in Centre hospitalier Princesse-Grace, 1 Avenue Pasteur, La Colle, Monaco.

    Kelly lost control of her 1971 Rover P6 3500 and drove off the steep winding road and down the 37 m mountainside. Her daughter Stéphanie who was in the passenger seat tried but failed to regain control of the car. Kelly suffered two brain hemorrhages. The first occurred prior to the crash and is believed to have been the inciting incident that led to the crash. The second occured while in hospital is believed to have been the result of physical trauma sustained in the crash.


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    42 Years Ago Today

    Tuesday 14th of September 1982

    Commander of the Lebanese Forces and President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated with 26 other Phalange politicians in a bomb explosion at the age of 35 in Beirut, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon.


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    36 Years Ago Today

    Wednesday 14th of September 1988

    Mass murderer Derrick Ryan Dearman known for the Citronelle homicides is born in Leakesville, Mississippi, United States.


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    35 Years Ago Today

    Thursday 14th of September 1989

    Bandleader and composer Pérez Dámaso Prado aka King of the Mambo dies of a stroke at the age of 73 in Mexico City, Mexico.


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    25 Years Ago Today

    Tuesday 14th of September 1999

    Murderer William Prince Davis is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.


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    21 Years Ago Today

    Sunday 14th of September 2003

    Noise music band Club Moral play their 99th concert in Plaza Real, Kattenberg 93, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.



  • 21 Years Ago Today The Eyes had it

    Sunday 14th of September 2003

    Poster for a Club Moral performance with Tamil Blockbuster Hits & Mollywood Movie Clips in Plaza Real, Kattenberg 93, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.


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    19 Years Ago Today

    Wednesday 14th of September 2005

    Triple murderess Frances Elaine Newton is executed by lethal injection at the age of 40 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

    Newton struggled and thrashed, knocking out one of the nurses. Members of the National Black United Front, and the New Black Panther Party had gathered outside the prison.



  • 10 Years Ago Today The Eyes had it

    Sunday 14th of September 2014

    A Cephalopoda sign in Natuurhistorisch Museum Boekenberg, Antwerpen, Deurne, Antwerpen, Belgium.



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