Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Moscow, Meshchansky, Central Federal District, Russia || Lubyanka Prison

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

Thompson's last meal request was for fresh squeezed orange juice.
(8 July 1987)

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

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Lubyanka Prison

Lubyanskaya Square, Meshchansky, Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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Thursday 7th of May 1925 (-) — Writer and revolutionary Boris Savinkov commits suicide by jumping from a window
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