Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 June 1972

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Stoops' torture endured prior to his death included electric shocks via a spatula placed across his eyelid in an unsuccessful attempt to blind him. Stoops died of a combination of blood loss and infection on 1 July.
(17 June 1986)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 15th of June 1972 53 years ago
38-year-old journalist and leader of the Rote Armee Fraktion Ulrike Meinhof is arrested in Walsroder Straße 11, Langenhagen, Niedersachsen, Germany. To make sure they have captured the feared terrorist they make an X-ray of Meinhof's head, revealing a metal clip that was left behind during a brain-operation 10 years earlier.