Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 August 1996

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In 1968 Salazar suffered a brain hemorrhage and lapsed into a coma. Most sources maintain that it occurred when he fell from a chair in his summer house. In February 2009 though there were anonymous witnesses who admitted after some investigation into Salazar's best-kept secrets that he had fallen in a bath instead of from a chair. As he was expected to die shortly after his fall, President Américo Tomás replaced him with Marcello Caetano. Despite the injury Salazar lived for a further two years. When he unexpectedly recovered lucidity his intimates did not tell him he had been removed from power, instead allowing him to 'rule' in privacy until his death.
(27 July 1970)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 20th of August 1996 30 years, 4 months and 12 days ago
Musician Rio Reiser born as Ralph Christian Möbius dies of a circulatory collapse after internal bleeding at the age of 46 in Fresenhagen 11, Fresenhagen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Reiser was buried on his own property under an apple tree. His grave was moved to Berlin in March 2011 because Reiser's heirs sold the Fresenhagen property.