FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Camilla Hall aka Gabi (1945 - May 17, 1974) was an early member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. The daughter of a Lutheran minister, she was the only surviving child of four; two of her siblings died of a kidney disorder and a third of polio. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people The motto of the Symbionese Liberation Army The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army and was a proponent of radical leftist ideology. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ...
Camilla moved to Los Angeles in 1968 in search of a place where her art and her lesbianism would be more welcome. She lived there for three years, surviving on a small income from her art sales, before moving to Berkeley, where she fell in love with her upstairs neighbor, Patricia Soltysik, to whom she gave the name "Mizmoon". 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... This article is about homosexual women, not inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos A lesbian (lowercase L) is a homosexual woman. ... Patricia Mizmoon Soltysik (1950-1974) was one of the founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army. ...
Camilla died in a shootout (May 17, 1974, 9 000 rounds fired) with police in which five other SLA members were killed. Reportly, she was shot in the head while charging the police with a pistol. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...