(+) 124 years ago Monday 16th of June 1890 Actor Stan Laurel, orig

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16 events for 16 June:
(+) 124 years ago
Monday 16th of June 1890
Actor Stan Laurel, originally Arthur Stanley Jefferson known from Laurel and Hardy is born in 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
(x) 110 years ago
Thursday 16th of June 1904
22-year-old Poet and writer James Augustine Aloysius Joyce has the first date with his future wife Nora Barnacle in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
In Joyce's epic novel 'Ulysses' all the events happen on this day, named 'Bloomsday' 50 years after its publication.
(+) 94 years ago He Wasn't Black
Wednesday 16th of June 1920
Journalist and writer John Howard Griffin known for Black Like Me is born in Dallas, Texas, United States.
(+) 89 years ago
Tuesday 16th of June 1925
Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl is born in Grodnau, Burgenland, Austria.
(+) 79 years ago
Sunday 16th of June 1935
Pop artist Jim Dine is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
(-) 55 years ago
Tuesday 16th of June 1959
Actor George Reeves, originally George Keefer Brewer known from Adventures of Superman commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 45 in 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive, Benedict Canyon, California, United States.
(-) 50 years ago
Tuesday 16th of June 1964
12-year-old Keith Bennett is abducted and strangled by serial killers the Moors Murderers aka Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in Manchester, Longsight, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Bennett was buried on Saddleworth Moor and never found.
(+) 43 years ago
Wednesday 16th of June 1971
Rapper Tupac Shakur aka 2Pac is born in New York, Harlem, New York, United States.
(x) 38 years ago
Wednesday 16th of June 1976
31-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company has a gallstone removed by Dr. Kirk in Willesden General Hospital, London, Brent, Greater London, United Kingdom.
(-) 37 years ago
Thursday 16th of June 1977
Rocket engineer and space architect Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 65 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
(-) 24 years ago
Saturday 16th of June 1990
Murderess Gertrude Baniszewski, originally Gertrude Nadine Van Fossan aka Gertrude Wright dies of lung cancer at the age of 61 in Laurel, Iowa, United States.
(-) 23 years ago
Sunday 16th of June 1991
15-year-old Leslie Erin Mahaffy is abducted, raped, abused and strangled by serial killer Paul Bernardo aka The Scarborough Rapist aka The Schoolgirl Killer in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Mahaffy's body was found dismembered and encased in concrete on 29 June 1991 in Lake Gibson near St. Catharines, Ontario. Videotapes discovered in the home of Bernardo and Homolka show that Mahaffy was held hostage for approximately 24 hours and repeatedly assaulted and sodomized.
(-) 17 years ago
Monday 16th of June 1997
Doctor and serial killer Gerd Wenzinger aka The Havel Ripper commits suicide hanging in his cell at the age of 54 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Wenzinger was facing charges for killing 13 prostitutes in Berlin and Stuttgart, and sexually torturing many more in Germany and Brazil.
(-) 15 years ago
Wednesday 16th of June 1999
Musician David Edward Sutch aka Screaming Lord Sutch aka 3rd Earl of Harrow commits suicide by hanging at the age of 59 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.
15 years ago The Eyes had it
Wednesday 16th of June 1999
The overturned van of an exhibition worker after driving off a dyke in Fort Asperen, Langendijk, Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands.
(x) 8 years ago
Friday 16th of June 2006
32-year-old Serial killer Alexander Yuryevich 'Sasha' Pichushkin aka The Chessboard Killer aka The Bitsa Park Maniac is arrested in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.
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