Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 September 1975

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

There is dispute about the cause of Beethoven's death: alcoholic cirrhosis, syphilis, infectious hepatitis, lead poisoning, sarcoidosis and Whipple's disease have all been proposed. Most probably Beethoven was accidentally poisoned to death by excessive doses of lead-based treatments administered under instruction from his doctor.
(26 March 1827)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3378 births, 3945 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5735 people in 6444 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 18th of September 1975 50 years ago
21-year-old newspaper heiress, kidnap victim and member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Patty Hearst is arrested by the FBI and SFPD in San Francisco, California, United States. Hearst and another SLA member, Wendy Yoshimura were arrested by FBI Agent Thomas Padden.