Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 April 1882

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The Ingrid Schubert Commando claims responsability. The main suspects in his murder are Rote Armee Fraktion members Barbara and Horst Meyer but there is no evidence. In the forensic examination of the projectiles a revolver of the Smith & Wesson type was identified, most likely the same gun with which West German business leader Hanns Martin Schleyer was executed.
(10 October 1986)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 19th of April 1882 143 years ago He Was not the Least Afraid of Death
Naturalist, geologist and evolutionary theorist Charles Robert Darwin dies of coronary thrombosis at the age of 73 in Down House, Downe, Greater London, United Kingdom. Darwin's last words were "I am not the least afraid of death".