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January 7, 1895 - Vasili Blokhin

Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin (Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Блохи́н; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1895 – 3 February 1955) was a Soviet secret police official who served as the chief executioner of the NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolay Yezhov and Lavrentiy Beria.

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January 7, 1925 - Pietro Pacciani

The Monster of Florence (Italian: il Mostro di Firenze) is the name coined by the Italian press for a serial killer active within the former province of Florence (now the Metropolitan City of Florence) between 1968 and 1985. The Monster murdered sixteen victims, usually young couples secluded in search of privacy, in wooded areas during new moons.

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January 7, 1972 - Vladimir Belov

Vladimir Borisovich Belov (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Бело́в; born 7 January 1972), known as the Khovrinsky Maniac (Russian: Ховринский маньяк, romanized: Khovrinskiy manyak), is a Soviet-Russian brigand and serial killer, who received his nickname because he committed most of his crimes in the Khovrino District.

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January 7, 1927 - Tore Hedin

Tore Hedin (7 January 1927 – 22 August 1952) was a Swedish mass murderer and serial arsonist who killed ten people in a spree killing in Skåne County, Sweden, on the night of 21–22 August 1952. The killings, known as the Hurvamorden ("Hurva murders"), were the deadliest instance of mass murder in Swedish criminal history until the 2025 Risbergska school shooting.

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