Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 October 1971

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Bucklew had argued for months that the death penalty would qualify as cruel and unusual punishment due to blood-filled tumours that had grown in his head, neck and throat. He argued that a tumour on his neck could burst when given lethal injection and cause him to choke on his own blood.
(1 October 2019)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 22nd of October 1971 55 years, 7 months and 0 days ago
Polizeimeister Norbert Schmid is shot dead during an attempt to arrest member of die Rote Armee Fraktion Margrit Schiller at the age of 33 in Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, Heegbarg 31, Poppenbüttel, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Schmid was the first deadly victim of die Rote Armee Fraktion.