Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 November 1849

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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 (x) Friday 16th of November 1849 175 years ago
28-year-old writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky is sentenced to death for his allegedly antigovernment activities linked to the radical intellectual group the Petrashevsky Circle in St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.