Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 May 1972

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

At age 8 Ruth Kathyrn Elliott was adopted by the Harmons in Fullerton who had lost their own daughter to disease. The Harmons renamed her after their deceased daughter and thus Ruth became Rosemary.
(15 December 1930)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 15th of May 1972 54 years, 10 months and 29 days ago
Student and hero of the Lithuanian resistance Romas Kalanta aka The Young Man with the Mesmerizing Eyes commits suicide by self-immolation at the age of 19 in Laisvės Alėja, Kaunas, Trakai Voivodeship, Lithuania. Kalanta's suicide was a protest against the occupation of Lithuania by the USSR.