Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 August 1926

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

All 40 of the terrorists were killed and up to 204 hostages died during the siege due to poisoning by gas pumped into the ventilation system during the rescue operation. The identity of the gas was never disclosed, although it is believed by some to have been a fentanyl derivative such as carfentanil.
(26 October 2002)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 23rd of August 1926 100 years, 7 months and 23 days ago
Actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino born as Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla aka Latin Lover dies of pleurisy at the age of 31 in Polyclinic Hospital, 345 West 50th Street, New York City, New York, United States.