Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 2003

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

Peruvian fans decided to invade the pitch after an unpopular decision given by the referee. Police retaliated by firing tear gas into the stadium crowd, causing a mass exodus.
(24 May 1964)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 17th of August 2003 23 years, 4 months and 25 days ago
62-year-old military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Ali Hassan al-Majid, originally Alī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī aka Chemical Ali is arrested by American forces in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. al-Majid had been listed as the fifth most-wanted man in Iraq, shown as the King of Spades in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.