Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 January 1968

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The bomb was apparently planted by the Abu Nidal organization to convince Saudi Arabia to pay protection money to Nidal so as to avoid attacks on their soil.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 11th of January 1968 56 years ago Was a Gloomy Thursday
Composer Rezső Seress born as Rudolf 'Rudi' Spitzer commits suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment at the age of 69 in Budapest, Közép-Magyarország, Hungary. Seress actually survived jumping out of his window, but later in the hospital choked himself to death with a wire. His song 'Szomorú Vasárnap (Gloomy Sunday)' sparked a worldwide wave of suicides in 1933.