Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Ramstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany || United States' Ramstein Air Base

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

LaPorte composed himself in the position of the Buddhist monks of Vietnam, doused himself with gasoline and set himself aflame. LaPorte died the next day at Bellevue Hospital from second- and third-degree burns covering 95 percent of his body. Despite his burns LaPorte remained conscious and able to speak. When asked why he had burned himself LaPorte calmly replied, "I'm a Catholic Worker. I'm against war, all wars. I did this as a religious action...all the hatred of the world." At the hospital, Catholic Workers sang 'This Little Light of Mine'.
(9 November 1965)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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United States' Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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Monday 31st of August 1981 (x) — Car bomb attack by die Rote Armee Fraktion commando 'Sigurd Debus'
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Sunday 28th of August 1988 (x) — during the Flugtag'88 airshow
The mid-air collision took place as the two heart-forming groups passed each other and the heart-piercing aircraft hit them. 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the resulting explosion and fire and hundreds more had minor injuries. The German band Rammstein was named after this catastrophe. The second "M" was added so the name means "Ramming Stone."