Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1987

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

The subsequent raid on the aircraft by Egyptian troops resulted in 60 deaths, including two terrorists. 22-year-old terrorist leader Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, who was injured during the storming of the aircraft, had removed his hood and ammunition and pretended to be an injured passenger. Egyptian commandos tracked Rezaq to St. Luke's General Hospital and, holding the doctors and medical staff at gunpoint, entered the casualty ward looking for him. Rezaq was arrested when some of the passengers in the hospital recognized him.
(23 November 1985)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3364 births, 3920 deaths, 1121 murders, 495 disasters and 2076 other events about 5719 people in 6424 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 17th of August 1987 38 years ago
Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Walter Richard Hess commits suicide by asphyxiation at the age of 93 in Kriegsverbrechergefängnis, Spandau, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Hess took an extension cord from one of the lamps, strung it over a window latch and hanged himself. A short note to his family thanking them for all they had done was found in his pocket.