Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 February 1942

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

Hauptmann attempted to get away by ignoring red lights and traveling at high speed. As the chase continued Hauptmann was accidentally boxed in by a municipal sprinkler truck between 178th Street and East Tremont Avenue.
(19 September 1934)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 22nd of February 1942 83 years ago
Writer Stefan Zweig commits suicide by an overdose of Veronal at the age of -39 in Casa Stefan Zweig, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zweig was found the next day hand in hand with his wife Lotte Altmann, also dead.