Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 May 1987

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)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 9th of May 1987 39 years, 3 months and 9 days ago
183 Die in LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 Ilyushin Il-62M 'Tadeusz Kościuszko' crash in Rezerwat przyrody Las Kabacki im. Stefana Starzyńskiego, Warszawa, Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland. The last words inside the cockpit recorded by the CVR at 11:12:13 were: "Dobranoc! Do widzenia! Cześć, giniemy!" (Good night! Goodbye! Bye, we're dying!).