Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 October 1976

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

Vom Rath died two days later in hospital. Grynszpan was theorized to have been acquainted with vom Rath before the shooting. According to this theory vom Rath was homosexual and had met Grynszpan in the Paris bar Le Boeuf sur le Toit. Vom Rath had supposedly promised to use his influence to legalize Grynszpan's French residency. When vom Rath reneged on his promise Grynszpan went to the embassy and shot him.
(7 November 1938)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 28th of October 1976 50 years, 5 months and 18 days ago
Vice President of Sinn Féin Máire Drumm born as Máire McAteer is shot dead in a joint operation by the Ulster loyalist Red Hand Commando in her hospital bed while recovering from an eye operation at the age of 57 in Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.