Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 August 1900

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

Solanas fired three times. She missed twice, but the third shot went through Warhol's both lungs, his spleen, stomach, liver, and esophagus. She then shot art critic Mario Amaya in the hip. She tried to shoot Warhol's manager Fred Hughes in the head but her gun jammed. "I consider that a moral act. And I consider it immoral that I missed. I should have done target practice."
(3 June 1968)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 25th of August 1900 126 years, 6 months and 2 days ago
Philosopher and philologist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche dies due to manic-depressive illness with periodic psychosis followed by vascular dementia at the age of 56 in Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.