Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 April 1968

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The blow to Trotsky's head was bungled and failed to kill him instantly. Witnesses stated that Trotsky spat on Mercader and began struggling fiercely with him. Hearing the commotion Trotsky's bodyguards burst into the room and nearly killed Mercader but Trotsky stopped them, laboriously stating that the assassin should be made to answer questions. Trotsky was taken to a hospital, operated on and survived for more than a day, dying as a result of loss of blood and shock.
(21 August 1940)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 3rd of April 1968 57 years ago Longevity Has its Place
39-year-old activist and African-American Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, originally Michael King delivers his last speech 'I've Been tot the Mountaintop' in Mason Temple, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. At the end of the speech King discusses the possibility of an untimely death. On the following day King was assassinated. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Been_to_the_Mountaintop