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

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Siwiec was the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 24th of May 1972 52 years 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.