Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 November 1949

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The eleven athletes and five terrorists were killed in a failed rescue attempt on Fürstenfeldbruck airfield the next day. The dead athletes were wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg, weightlifter Yossef Romano, weightlifter Ze'ev Friedman, weightlifter David Berger, weightlifting judge Yakov Springer, wrestler Eliezer Halfin, wrestling referee Yossef Gutfreund, shooting coach Kehat Shorr, wrestler Mark Slavin, fencing coach Andre Spitzer, track coach Amitzur Shapira, and West German police officer Anton Fliegerbauer. The dead terrorists were Luttif Afif aka Issa, Yusuf Nazzal aka Tony, Afif Ahmed Hamid aka Paolo, Khalid Jawad aka Salah and Ahmed Chic Thaa aka Abu Halla. Terrorists Jamal Al-Gashey had been shot through his right wrist, Mohammed Safady had sustained a flesh wound to his leg and Adnan Al-Gashey had escaped injury completely.
(5 September 1972)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 8th of November 1949 77 years, 5 months and 7 days ago
Spiritual leader of Flemish nationalism Cyriel Charles Marie Joseph Verschaeve dies of a heart attack at the age of 75 in Sollbad Hall, Tirol, Austria. Verschaeve was buried in Sollbad Hall, although in 1973 members of the Vlaamse Militanten Orde dug up his remains and reburied them in Flanders.