Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 December 2004

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

Amer was approached by high-ranking Egyptian officers and was given a choice to stand trial for treason, which would inevitably have ended with his conviction and execution, or die an honourable death by taking poison. Amer chose the latter option and received a full military burial.
(13 September 1967)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 28th of December 2004 22 years, 0 months and 13 days ago
Writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher and political activist Susan Sontag born as Susan Rosenblatt dies of complications of myelodysplastic syndrome which had evolved into acute myelogenous leukemia at the age of 71 in New York City, New York, United States.