Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 March 1955

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

Cuevas and two other inmates of Huntsville's Walls Unit sparked the nation's longest prison siege by taking 16 hostages on 24 July 24 1974. Accomplices Fred Gomez Carrasco and Rudolfo Dominguez along with hostages Julia Standley and Elizabeth Beseda were killed during a shootout 10 days later.
(23 May 1991)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 16th of March 1955 70 years ago Il s'est Débarrassé de sa Carcasse d'Homme
Artist Nicolas de Staël born as Nicolaï Vladimirovitch Staël von Holstein commits suicide by jumping from a building at the age of 41 in Rue du Revely, Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Suffering from exhaustion, insomnia and depression, de Staël jumped from his studio terrace on the eleventh floor.