Monday 7th of July 1304

194th Pope Benedictus XI dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

According to some sources Benedictus XI was poisoned.

Sunday 7th of July 1833

Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist is born in 33 Rue du Président, Namur, Namur, Belgium.

Saturday 7th of July 1860

Romantic composer Gustav Mahler is born in Kaliště u Humpolce, Kraj Vysočina, Czechoslovakia.

Thursday 7th of July 1887

Artist Marc Zakharovich Chagall is born as Moishe Segal in Liozna, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.

Monday 7th of July 1890

Henri Nestlé known for creating condensed milk dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Montreux, Glion, Vaud, Switzerland.

Tuesday 7th of July 1891

Model and actress Virginia Rappe known for her death after attending a party with actor Fatty Arbuckle is born as Virginia Caroline Rapp in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Friday 7th of July 1899

Murderer and cannibal Adolph Louis Luetgert aka The Sausage King dies of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois, United States.

Sunday 7th of July 1901

Neorealist film director Vittorio De Sica is born in Sora, Lazio, Italy.

Sunday 7th of July 1901

Accomplice of serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hans Grans is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Friday 7th of July 1905

14-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder burns down a warehouse ‘for thrills’ in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.

Saturday 7th of July 1906

Serial poisoner Anna Marie Hahn aka Arsenic Anna aka The Blonde Borgia is born as Filser in Füssen, Bayern, Germany.

Sunday 7th of July 1907

Writer Robert Anton Heinlein aka The Dean of Science Fiction Writers is born in Butler, Missouri, United States.

Friday 7th of July 1911

Murderer Domingo Franco is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

Friday 7th of July 1916

Murderer Miguel Peralta is executed by hanging at the age of 40 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

Friday 7th of July 1922

Cop killer Elvie D. Kerby is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Friday 7th of July 1922

Cop killer John L. Rathie is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Monday 7th of July 1924

Serial killer Rudolf Pleil aka Der Großten Todmacher is born in Kühberg, Sachsen, Germany.

Thursday 7th of July 1927

Double murderer Louis Boersig is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia, United States.

Boersig attacked and beat Minnie I. Ridgeway and her daughters, 6-year-old Loretta and 4-year-old Kathleen, mortally injuring the two children at their home in Alexandria.

Monday 7th of July 1930

Writer Arthur Conan Ignatius Doyle known for creating Sherlock Holmes dies of a heart attack at the age of 71 in Windlesham Manor, Hurtis Hill, Crowborough, East Sussex, United Kingdom.

Sunday 7th of July 1935

Double murderer David Lee Holland is born in Pineland, Texas, United States.

Sunday 7th of July 1935

Bar manager Kitty Catherine Susan Genovese is born in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Sunday 7th of July 1940

Drummer, musician and songwriter Ringo Starr known from The Beatles is born as Richard Starkey in 9 Madryn Street, Liverpool, Dingle, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

Sunday 7th of July 1946

41-year-old Business magnate, aviator, aerospace engineer, film director and eccentric Howard Robard Hughes crashes with his own designed XF-11 spy-aircraft in Los Angeles Country Club, 10101 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

About 300 yards short of the course the aircraft suddenly lost altitude and clipped three houses. The third house was destroyed by fire and Hughes was nearly killed.

Monday 7th of July 1947

An Unidentified Flying Object supposedly carrying an alien crashes in Foster Ranch, Roswell, New Mexico, United States.

In the 1990s the US military published two reports disclosing the true nature of the crashed object: a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul.

Thursday 7th of July 1949

Actress and singer Shelley Alexis Duvall is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

Friday 7th of July 1961

108 die in coal mine fire in Důl Dukla, Dolní Suchá, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.

The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.

Saturday 7th of July 1973

17-year-old Megan Siobhan Emerick is presumably abducted and killed by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in Seward Skill Center, Seward, Alaska, United States.

Saturday 7th of July 1973

15-year-old Homer Louis Garcia is abducted, tortured, shot and left bleeding to death by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena, Texas, United States.

Wednesday 7th of July 1982

36-year-old Amina Agisheff is abducted and strangled by serial killer Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Agisheff's body was found on 20 April 1984.

Tuesday 7th of July 1987

63-year-old Joyce Lucille Nelson is beaten to death by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker in Monterey Park, Los Angeles, California, United States.

 Nelson was asleep on her couch when Ramirez entered the home and beat her to death, taking whatever valuables he could find.

Monday 7th of July 1997

66-year-old Leonce Millet and his wife Joyce is beaten and shot by serial killer Daniel Blank aka The Parish River Killer in Gonzales, Texas, United States.

Leonce and Joyce survived.

Wednesday 7th of July 1999

Rapist and murderer Tyrone Leroy Tyrone is executed by lethal injection at the age of 36 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Friday 7th of July 2006

Musician Syd Roger Keith Barrett known from Pink Floyd dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 60 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 7th of July 2015

Goldfish in the village 16th century water fountain in Ficarra, Sicilia, Italy.