Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 May 1972

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

As troops surrounded the palace during a military coup Allende gave his last speech vowing not to resign. Then Allende committed suicide with an AK47 rifle gifted to him by Fidel Castro.
(11 September 1973)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 24th of May 1972 54 years, 10 months and 28 days ago
Car bomb attack by die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe 'Kommando 15. Juli' - death of Petra Schelm - in Seventh United States Army Headquarters, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Captain Clyde R. Bonner, specialist Ronald A. Woodward and specialist Charles L. Peck are killed by the blast.