Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 May 1979

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

On the morning of his execution Laval attempted to cheat the firing squad by taking poison from a vial stitched inside the lining of his jacket. The poison was so old that it was ineffective and repeated stomach-pumpings revived Laval.
(15 October 1945)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 4th of May 1979 45 years ago
Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion and Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Elisabeth von Dyck is shot dead by a police sniper during an attempt to arrest her at the age of 28 in Haus Stephanstraße 40, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. von Dyck was one of the guards of kidnapped Hanns Martin Schleyer at 'Haus Etna' in Den Haag in 1977.