Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 March 1983

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

Kaplan approached Lenin at his automobile after a meeting at the Former Michelson Works; he was resting a foot on the running board as he spoke with a woman. Kaplan called to Lenin, and when he turned to face her she shot at him three times. The first bullet struck his arm, the second bullet his jaw and neck, and the third missed him, wounding the woman with whom he was speaking. The wounds felled him and he became unconscious. "My name is Fanya Kaplan. Today I shot at Lenin. I did it on my own. I will not say from whom I obtained my revolver. I will give no details. I had resolved to kill Lenin long ago. I consider him a traitor to the Revolution."
(30 August 1918)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 3rd of March 1983 42 years ago His Death Was Hastened
Cartoonist Georges Prosper Remi aka Hergé dies of myelofibrosis at the age of 76 in Universitair Ziekenhuis Saint-Luc, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. Hergé's death was ultimately hastened by the HIV he had acquired during his weekly blood transfusions.