Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 July 1972

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The men shot Simmons three times, cut out his tongue and told his son he had ten days to abandon the family property. The killers took possession of the land and an all-white jury later acquitted the only one of the six men to face trial for the murder.
(26 March 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 21st of July 1972 52 years ago
11 Die and over 130 are wounded in 26 simultaneous bomb-attacks by the the Irish Republican Army in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. At least twenty bombs exploded in the space of eighty minutes, most within a half hour period. The event was remembered as 'Bloody Friday'. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Friday_(1972)