Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 May 1945

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

Kaplan approached Lenin at his automobile after a meeting at the Former Michelson Works; he was resting a foot on the running board as he spoke with a woman. Kaplan called to Lenin, and when he turned to face her she shot at him three times. The first bullet struck his arm, the second bullet his jaw and neck, and the third missed him, wounding the woman with whom he was speaking. The wounds felled him and he became unconscious. "My name is Fanya Kaplan. Today I shot at Lenin. I did it on my own. I will not say from whom I obtained my revolver. I will give no details. I had resolved to kill Lenin long ago. I consider him a traitor to the Revolution."
(30 August 1918)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 2nd of May 1945 79 years ago
Nazi official and private secretary to Adolf Hitler Martin Bormann commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 45 in Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. His skeleton was found on 28 december 1972 during construction works near the Lehrter Bahnhof.