Centenaries - whole and half

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950 years ago - 1066 December 30 - Josepf ibn Naghrela, a Jewish minister in Granada, is crucified by a Muslim mob. The mass then went on to kill as many as 4000 other Jews who lived in the Spanish city.

100 years ago - 1916 December 30 - A band of Russian nobles in Petrograd poison, shoot and kill Grigori Rasputin. The assassins were concerned about the mystic's influence over the royal family

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50 years ago - 1966 December 27 - Mississippi cab driver C. C. Surratt is found dead from a gunshot wound. He's the last of a trio murders by Glenn Nash and Margo Freshwater. The duo also murdered two others in a three state killing spree. Nash was admitted to a mental facility after being found unfit to plead. Freshwater was sent to prison but escaped in 1970 and was not recaptured and sent back until 2002. Both perpetrators have since been released.

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A little off-topic as it's not an anniversary, but it is news about a 20 year old mystery that Stan may very well be interested in.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-22/claremont-serial-killer-breakthrough-arrest/8143174

Currently, the lead story on Australia's ABC news website is the arrest of a man in connection with the abduction and murder of three women in 1996-97. All three disappeared from the Perth suburb of Claremont.

If I recall correctly, there were suspicions of a fake taxi being involved as the women had disappeared on their ways home after nights out.

Hadn't caught that news, interesting.

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A little off-topic as it's not an anniversary, but it is news about a 20 year old mystery that Stan may very well be interested in.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-22/claremont-serial-killer-breakthrough-arrest/8143174

Currently, the lead story on Australia's ABC news website is the arrest of a man in connection with the abduction and murder of three women in 1996-97. All three disappeared from the Perth suburb of Claremont.

If I recall correctly, there were suspicions of a fake taxi being involved as the women had disappeared on their ways home after nights out.

Yes I am interested in that case. It reminds me some of the Bible John Case that will have the 50th anniversary its first murder about a year from now.

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A little off-topic - news of an arrest

A little off-topic as it's not an anniversary, but it is news about a 20 year old mystery that Stan may very well be interested in.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-22/claremont-serial-killer-breakthrough-arrest/8143174

Currently, the lead story on Australia's ABC news website is the arrest of a man in connection with the abduction and murder of three women in 1996-97. All three disappeared from the Perth suburb of Claremont.

If I recall correctly, there were suspicions of a fake taxi being involved as the women had disappeared on their ways home after nights out.

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50 years ago - 1966 December 24 - In Poland, seventeen-year-old Janina Kozielska is murdered and disemboweled on a train by Lucian Staniak. She is the fifth known murder victim of the serial killer who came to be known as "The Red Spider" due to his writing style. Staniak was eventually captured and sent to an insane asylum.

50 years ago - 1966 December 24 - London gangster Frank Mitchell is gunned down shortly after getting into a van. Reportedly, his body was then wrapped in wire and dumped in the English Channel. It was suspected that his murder was on orders from the Kray Gang although all charged with the killing were found not guilty.

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Think he has a desk calendar

It's actually a sorta calendar I made myself.

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Think he has a desk calendar

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Never cease to be amazed at how you come up with them all.

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50 years ago - 1966 December 22 - Ilona Harke, 5, is raped and drowned in a ditch at Wuppertal, (then West) Germany. She was the tenth known victim of serial killer Joachim Kroll who will continue murdering for another decade. In 1976, the plumbing in Kroll's apartment building was found to be clogged with the remains of a small child and this led to his arrest. He was given a life term and died imprisoned in 1991.

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50 years ago - 1966 December 21 - Salt Lake City cab driver Grant Strong is found with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head at the airport. His killers, Myron Lance and his love Walter Kelbach, then make their way to a local bar and murder three more individuals. The men, who had killed two others in the days leading up to this carnage, were condemned to death but their sentences were later reduced to life in prison. Lance died in 2010 while still incarcerated.

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50 years ago - 1966 December 18 - Esther Bouyea is shot and killed in the Florida convenience store where she works by Glenn Nash and Margo Freshwater. The duo also murdered two others in a three state killing spree. Nash was admitted to a mental facility after being found unfit to plead. Freshwater was sent to prison but escaped in 1970 and was not recaptured and sent back until 2002. Both perpetrators have since been released.

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150 years ago - 1866 December 13 - In Lexington, Missouri, James-Younger Gang associate Archie Clement is shot and killed by militiamen while resisting arrest.

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50 years ago - 1966 December 9 - Lula Kerrick, 81, is found strangled inside an elevator. Her murder has not been solved but some authorities think she might be a victim of Posteal Laskey, aka the Cincinnati Strangler. The serial killer was convicted of another murder and sent to prison where he died in 2007.

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50 years ago - 1966 December 6 - Memphis liquor store clerk Hillman Robbins is shot and killed during a robbery by Glenn Nash and Margo Freshwater. The duo also murdered two others in a three state killing spree. Nash was admitted to a mental facility after being found unfit to plead. Freshwater was sent to prison but escaped in 1970 and was not recaptured and sent back until 2002. Both perpetrators have since been released.