Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 February 1975

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Passengers included president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, former president Ryszard Kaczorowski, the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers, the president of the National Bank of Poland, Poland's deputy foreign minister, Polish government officials, 15 members of the Polish parliament, senior members of the Polish clergy, and relatives of victims of the Katyn massacre. They were en route from Warsaw to attend an event marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre.
(10 April 2010)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 27th of February 1975 51 years, 0 months and 28 days ago
53-year-old politician candidate for mayor of West Berlin Peter Lorenz is kidnapped by the Bewegung 2. Juni in Quermatenweg 128, Zehlendorf, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. The terrorists demanded a release of several imprisoned group members, including founder of Die Rote Armee Fraktion Horst Mahler and future RAF terrorists Verena Becker, Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann, Ingrid Siepmann, Rolf Heißler and Rolf Pohle. After the terrorists had been flown out to Aden, Lorenz was set free on 4 March. The kidnappers were Ralf Reinders, Ronald Fritzsch, Gerald Klöpper, Andreas Vogel and Till Meyer.