Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar | 24/04/2018 http://www.birthfactdeathcalendar.net/rss/ Your Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar events for today Tue, 24 Apr 2018 05:12:53 +0200 60 24 April 1787
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231 years ago

Tuesday 24th of April 1787

Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila, originally Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger known for founding the science of toxicology is born in Mahón, Menorca, Spain.

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162 years ago

Thursday 24th of April 1856

Philippe Henri Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain is born in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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144 years ago

Friday 24th of April 1874

Outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber and murderer Jesse Woodson James is born in Kearney, Missouri, United States.

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122 years ago

Friday 24th of April 1896

Manfred Louis Masset is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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115 years ago

Friday 24th of April 1903

José Antonio Primo de Rivera is born in Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

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114 years ago

Sunday 24th of April 1904

Willem de Kooning is born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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84 years ago

Tuesday 24th of April 1934

Shirley MacLaine, originally Shirley MacLean Beaty is born in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

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76 years ago

Friday 24th of April 1942

Start of the trial against 28-year-old Serial killer Gordon Frederick Cummins aka The Blackout Ripper in Old Bailey Criminal Court, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Cummins' trial had to be restarted with new jury on 27 April due to a legal technicality.

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76 years ago

Friday 24th of April 1942

Barbra Streisand, originally Barbara Joan Streisand is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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40 years ago

Monday 24th of April 1978

Unidentified serial killer Zodiac writes an ‘I am back’-letter to The San Francisco Chronicle in San Francisco, California, United States.

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34 years ago

Tuesday 24th of April 1984

45-year-old Serial killer Robert Christian Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter is taken on a flight to locate some of his victims’ bodies in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

Three days later Hansen located seven bodies, all near the Knik River.

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13 years ago

Sunday 24th of April 2005

Snuppy is born in Seoul National University, Seoel, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

Snuppy was created using a cell from an ear from an adult Afghan hound and involved 123 surrogate mothers of which only three produced pups. Snuppy being the sole survivor. Snuppy was named as a portmanteau of the initials of the Seoul National University (SNU) and the word 'puppy'.

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5 years ago

Wednesday 24th of April 2013

1.129 die in Rana Plaza building collapse in Rana Plaza, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Approximately 2.515 injured people were rescued from the building alive.

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Monday 24th of April 2017

Murderer Jack Harold Jones is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.

Jones' last meal request was for three pieces of fried chicken, potato logs with tartar sauce, beef jerky bites, three Butterfinger bars, a chocolate milkshake with Butterfinger bits and fruit punch. Jones' last words were "I forgive my executioners; somebody has to do it". Three hours later Marcel Williams was also exceuted.

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1 years ago

Monday 24th of April 2017

Murderer Marcel Wayne Williams is executed by lethal injection at the age of 47 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.

Williams‘ last meal request was for three pieces of fried chicken, banana pudding, nachos with chili cheese and jalapeno, and potato logs with ketchup.

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