Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 October 1973

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

Besumer was in bed with his mistress Harriet Lowe, who died on 5 August 1918, just two days after doctors performed surgery in an effort to repair her partially paralyzed face. Besumer was charged with murder while Lowe was in the hospital and stated that it was Besumer who had attacked her. He served nine months in prison before being acquitted on 1 May 1919 after a ten minute jury deliberation.
(27 June 1918)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 25th of October 1973 53 years, 4 months and 8 days ago
Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 41 in Addis Ababa, , Ethiopia.