Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 April 1770

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The Ingrid Schubert Commando claims responsability. The main suspects in his murder are Rote Armee Fraktion members Barbara and Horst Meyer but there is no evidence. In the forensic examination of the projectiles a revolver of the Smith & Wesson type was identified, most likely the same gun with which West German business leader Hanns Martin Schleyer was executed.
(10 October 1986)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3367 births, 3931 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5725 people in 6432 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 29th of April 1770 255 years ago
42-year-old explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain James Cook lands with the HMB Endeavour in Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.