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January 16, 1936

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Notable Births

1936Michael White, Scottish actor and producer (died 2016)[โ€ ]

Michael Simon White was a British theatrical impresario and film producer. White was responsible for the productions of 101 stage shows and 27 theatrical films over the span of 50 years.

Notable Deaths

Albert Fish

1936Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (born 1870)[โ€ ]

Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac, and the Boogey Man. Fish was a suspect in at least ten murders during his lifetime, although he only confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide. He also confessed to stabbing at least two other people.

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