Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 and interrogated and tortured in a coma for 22 hours by police officers Harold Snyman and Gideon Nieuwoudt in Police Room 619 in Port Elizabeth Walmer Police Station on 18 August 1977. On 11 September police loaded Biko in the back of a Land Rover, naked and restrained in manacles, and began the 1100 km drive to Pretoria to take him to a prison with hospital facilities. Biko was nearly dead owing to the previous injuries and died shortly after arrival at the Pretoria prison.
(12 September 1977)
There are 3366 births, 3927 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 20th of July 1973 52 years ago |
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 Land Art artist Robert Irving Smithson dies in a plane crash while surveying sites for his work 'Amarillo Ramp' at the age of 35 in Amarillo Ramp, Tevocas Lake, Amarillo, Texas, United States. Smithson's 'Amarillo Ramp' was finished by Richard Serra, Nancy Holt and Tony Shafrazi. |
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