Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Biko, Steve

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Over five months, the ETA commando unit using the code name Txikia dug a tunnel under the street, telling the landlord that they were student sculptors to hide their true purpose. The tunnel was packed with 80 kg of explosives that had been stolen from a Government depot. Blanco's bodyguard and driver were also killed in the operation.
(20 December 1973)

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		Anti-apartheid activist Steve Stephen Bantu Biko 18 December 1946 (+) is born in King William's Town, South Africa. 12 September 1977 (-) dies of a brain hemorrhage from massive injuries to the head in Pretoria, South Africa.
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