Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 September 1974

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

Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 and interrogated and tortured in a coma for 22 hours by police officers Harold Snyman and Gideon Nieuwoudt in Police Room 619 in Port Elizabeth Walmer Police Station on 18 August 1977. On 11 September police loaded Biko in the back of a Land Rover, naked and restrained in manacles, and began the 1100 km drive to Pretoria to take him to a prison with hospital facilities. Biko was nearly dead owing to the previous injuries and died shortly after arrival at the Pretoria prison.
(12 September 1977)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 27th of September 1974 52 years, 3 months and 7 days ago
26-year-old member of the 'Manson Family' Susan Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz has a religious vision of Jesus in her cell and becomes a born-again christian in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States.