Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 April 1918

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

A few days before his death Mitterand was joined by family members and close friends for a "last meal" that attracted controversy because it included the serving of roast ortolan bunting, a small wild songbird that is a protected species whose sale is illegal in France.
(8 January 1996)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 21st of April 1918 106 years ago War Er Kaputt
Fighter pilot and flying ace Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen aka The Red Baron is fatally shot in his Fokker Dr.I 425/17 by Canadian Captain Arthur 'Roy' Brown at the age of 26 in Route de Bray, Vaux-sur-Somme, Hauts de France, France. von Richthofen died from an extremely serious and inevitably fatal chest wound from a single .303 bullet penetrating from the right armpit and resurfacing next to the left nipple. von Richthofen's last word was "kaputt".