Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Swanenburg, Johannes

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

The blow to Trotsky's head was bungled and failed to kill him instantly. Witnesses stated that Trotsky spat on Mercader and began struggling fiercely with him. Hearing the commotion Trotsky's bodyguards burst into the room and nearly killed Mercader but Trotsky stopped them, laboriously stating that the assassin should be made to answer questions. Trotsky was taken to a hospital, operated on and survived for more than a day, dying as a result of loss of blood and shock.
(21 August 1940)

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no photo available		Victim of Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie Johannes Swanenburg 21 January 1869 (+) is born in Leiden, Netherlands. 12 May 1870 (-) poisoned with arsenic by Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie in Leiden, Netherlands.