Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 February 1973

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Demjanjuk was placed in solitary confinement during the appeals process. Carpenters started building the gallows that would be used to hang him if his appeals were rejected and Demjanjuk heard the construction from his cell. On 29 July 1993 a five-judge panel of the Israeli Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict on appeal.
(25 April 1988)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 27th of February 1973 52 years ago
200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement seize and occupy the town following the failure of an effort of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization to impeach tribal president Richard Wilson, whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents in Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, United States. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_incident