Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 September 1971

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

"I remember when she got in there was an overpowering smell of cheap perfume and sweat, this served all the more for me to hate this woman even though I didn't even know her."
(20 January 1975)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 23rd of September 1971 55 years, 7 months and 24 days ago
21-year-old revolutionary thief Mario Roymans aka Tijl van Limburg steals Johannes Vermeer's 'De Liefdesbrief' and claims a ransom of 200 million Belgian Franks to give to Bengal Refugees in Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. On 6 October 1971 Roymans made his demands by telephone to the National Radio BRT from a gas station in Hasselt. Overheard by the owner he was arrested in a cow barn shortly after. Roymans was sentenced to two years imprisonment.