Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 May 2000

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

At a preliminary hearing Beckett asked his attacker for the motive behind the stabbing. Prudent replied: "Je ne sais pas, Monsieur. Je m'excuse". Beckett eventually dropped the charges against his attacker.
(11 January 1938)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 23rd of May 2000 26 years, 3 months and 23 days ago
Falun Gong practicer Yulan Mei dies in police detention after she was fatally injured during force-feeding at the age of 44 in Beijing, Hebei, China. On 17 May Mei was force-fed by an inmate who had no medical skills at all, the feeding tube was wrongly inserted causing serious injuries. After she returned to her cell she had a headache and started to vomit blood, lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness again. Mei was the 19th Falun Gong member to die in police custody.