Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 December 2009

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

Pavlova was told that she had pneumonia and required an operation, she refused to have the surgery saying "If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead."
(23 January 1931)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 30th of December 2009 16 years ago
Doctor and a double agent suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi aka Abu Dujana al-Khurasani commits suicide by suicide bombing at the age of 32 in Camp Chapman, Khost, Khost, Afghanistan. Seven American CIA officers and contractors, an officer of Jordan's intelligence service and an Afghan working for the CIA were killed when al-Balawi detonated a bomb sewn into a vest he was wearing. Six other American CIA officers were wounded.