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Tag Archives: death
September 10, 1977
On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1977 Hamida Djandoubi became the last person in the world to be officially executed by guillotine. Djandoubi was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in France, where the execution took place. The first person executed by the guillotine was also in France and that dubious honor went to … Continue reading
September 7, 1996
On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1996 – Tupac Shakur and Marion “Suge” Knight were shot while in Las Vegas after a Mike Tyson fight. Shakur died six days later. Interestingly, Tupac had released six albums before his death with four of them going platinum. After his death, eight more albums were released with seven … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged better after death, death, Elvis, music, rap, Tupac
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October 20, 1944
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1944 a liquid gas tank in Cleveland exploded, and killed 135 people and made 3,600 others homeless. The homeless complained and demanded from the mayor and God why they couldn’t have been as lucky as the 135 bastards that died.
October 3, 1849
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1849, American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under very mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death. There was a rumor that a 16 year old teenager named Whipple Van Buren Phillips was responsible … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Baltimore, conspiracies, death, HP Lovecraft, Masons, poe, writers
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September 14, 1868
On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1868, Tom Morris, Jr., scored golf’s first authenticated hole-in-one at Prestwick’s 8th hole in Scotland. Mr. Morris conveniently had a six foot high stack of Bibles close by, as well as his aged grandmother, whose life he happily swore upon. The next day in Glasgow, the elderly grandmother Morris … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged death, golf, sports, supernatural, the scottish
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September 6, 1951
On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1951 on September 6, William Burroughs (1914-1997) American writer and drug addict was playing ‘William Tell” with his wife Joan Vollmer in Mexico City. They and their friends had been drinking heavily all day as well as using every drug they could buy, borrow or beg. Joan had place … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, death, drugs, judicial system, Mexico, writers
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August 1, 1986
On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1986 on his 44th birthday, the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia was released from the hospital after a three week diabetes induced coma. When Jerry woke up, he was asked if he was happy to be alive and he replied, “Well, I’m grateful I’m not dead.”
July 30, 1419
On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1419, Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of the executed dictionary reformer, Jan Hus, stormed into Prague and threw all seven members of the Catholic Dictionary Council out the window of the Council House, killing most from the fall, with the rest being torn apart by the waiting crowd below. Jan Hus … Continue reading
Posted in 14th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged catholics, death, irony, languages, really cool words
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