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King was signing copies of his book 'Stride Toward Freedom' when Curry said "I've been looking for you for five years" and stabbed him in the chest with a ivory handled steel letter opener. When the ambulance arrived King was sitting in a chair with the letter opener protruding from his chest. At Harlem Hospital Chief of Surgery Aubre de Lambert Maynard attempted to pull out the letter opener but cut his glove on the blade. A surgical clamp was finally used to pull out the blade.
(20 September 1958)
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 1st of October 1992 33 years ago |
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 Activist and founder of Die Grünen Petra Karin Kelly born as Petra Karin Lehmann shot dead while sleeping by her partner, 69-year-old ex-general Gert Bastian at the age of 45 in Swinemünder Straße 6, Tannenbusch, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. After killing Kelly, Bastian committed suicide with the same weapon. Their bodies were only found weeks later after Bastian's wife summoned the police to search Kelly's flat. |
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