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

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The Swedish oil tanker Divina's bow struck the Trucluent by the starboard bow hydroplane and remained locked together for a few seconds before the submarine sank.
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Wednesday 9th of September 1987

38 years ago

Businessman Gerrit Jan Heijn is kidnapped and shot dead by kidnapper and murderer Ferdi Elsas at the age of 56 in Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Elsas kept a part of Heijn's finger and his glasses and demanded 7,7 million Gulden ransom. The money was delivered on 27 November. Elsas was arrested on 6 april 1988 because he kept spending marked banknotes in the same shops.