Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 December 1957

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The eleven athletes and five terrorists were killed in a failed rescue attempt on Fürstenfeldbruck airfield the next day. The dead athletes were wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg, weightlifter Yossef Romano, weightlifter Ze'ev Friedman, weightlifter David Berger, weightlifting judge Yakov Springer, wrestler Eliezer Halfin, wrestling referee Yossef Gutfreund, shooting coach Kehat Shorr, wrestler Mark Slavin, fencing coach Andre Spitzer, track coach Amitzur Shapira, and West German police officer Anton Fliegerbauer. The dead terrorists were Luttif Afif aka Issa, Yusuf Nazzal aka Tony, Afif Ahmed Hamid aka Paolo, Khalid Jawad aka Salah and Ahmed Chic Thaa aka Abu Halla. Terrorists Jamal Al-Gashey had been shot through his right wrist, Mohammed Safady had sustained a flesh wound to his leg and Adnan Al-Gashey had escaped injury completely.
(5 September 1972)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 29th of December 1957 69 years, 10 months and 29 days ago
The skeletonised remains of 19-year-old victim of Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer Judy Dull, originally Judith Ann Van Horn Dull are found in a shallow grave in Thousand Palms, Indio, California, United States. Dull was abducted, raped and strangled on 1 August 1957. Glatman took several photos before and after the murder.