Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 August 1981

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

The Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London resolved to kill Heydrich in Operation Anthropoid. Heydrich survived with severe injuries to his left side, with major damage to his diaphragm, spleen, and lung and a fractured rib. Heydrich slipped in a coma on 2 June and died on 4 June 1941.
(27 May 1941)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 8th of August 1981 45 years, 1 months and 8 days ago
Irish republican hunger striker Thomas McElwee born as Tomas Mac Giolla Bhuidhe dies after 62 days of hungerstriking at the age of 24 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McElwee was the ninth to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.