Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 August 1955

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

When an attempt to swap Hearst for jailed SLA members failed, the SLA demanded that the captive's family distribute $70 worth of food to every needy Californian – an operation that would cost an estimated $400 million. On 3 April 1974 Hearst announced on an audiotape that she had joined the SLA and assumed the name 'Tania'.
(4 February 1974)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 12th of August 1955 71 years, 5 months and 23 days ago
Writer, social critic and philanthropist Thomas Paul Mann dies of athorasclerosis at the age of 80 in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.