Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 September 1959

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With fifteen blows Tóth removed Mary's arm at the elbow, knocked off a chunk of her nose, and chipped one of her eyelids while shouting "I am Jesus Christ - risen from the dead". Toth was subdued by bystanders, including American sculptor Bob Cassilly, who was the first person to pull him away from the Pietà.
(21 May 1972)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 20th of September 1959 67 years, 4 months and 10 days ago
20-year-old assassin Lee Harvey Oswald starts a journey to Russia when boarding the SS Marion Lykes in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He first arrived in Le Havre, from there to London, then Helsinki where he got a 6-day-visa for the Soviet Union.