Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 October 1978

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

As he was waiting for his gated home to open three gunmen emerged from a Fiat 128 across the street and opened fire on Hunt's Alfa Romeo armoured limousine with automatic weapons. While none of the rounds fired at the limousine penetrated, one gunman jumped on the trunk and fired into the upper edge of the rear window. One of the 7.65mm rounds broke through the rubber and metal window frame and struck Hunt in the skull.
(15 February 1984)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 18th of October 1978 47 years ago
Catalan communist and assassin Ramón Mercader born as Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río aka Jacques Mornard aka Frank Jacson dies of unknown causes at the age of 65 in Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. Mercader is buried under the name Ramon Ivanovich Lopez in Moscow's Kuntsevo Cemetery.