Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 August 1981

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Galante was rarely seen without a cigar, leading to the nickname 'The Cigar' and 'Lilo' (a Sicilian term for cigar).
(21 February 1910)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 21st of August 1981 43 years ago
Irish republican hunger striker Michael James 'Mickey' Devine born as Micheal O Duibhinn dies after 60 days hungerstriking at the age of 27 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Devine was the tenth and last to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.