German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (born 1934)

Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Marie Meinhof was a German left-wing militant, journalist, author and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author of The Urban Guerilla Concept (1971). The manifesto acknowledges the RAF's "roots in the history of the student movement"; condemns "reformism" as "a brake on the anti-capitalist struggle"; and invokes Mao Zedong to define "armed struggle" as "the highest form of Marxism-Leninism".

Born

1934

October 7

Died

1976

Era

1930s

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1976 Died

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The world in 1934

When Ulrike arrived

april 12 The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
april 12 The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.[citation needed]
april 21 The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1994, it is revealed to be a hoax).
august 11 The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.

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Amiri Baraka 1934–2014 American poet, playwright, and academic (born 1934) Andy Devine 1905–1977 American actor (born 1905) Cotton Fitzsimmons 1931– American basketball player and coach (died 2004) Dida 1973– Brazilian footballer Dylan Baker 1959– American actor Elijah Muhammad 1897–1975 American religious leader (born 1897) Flying Lotus 1983– American rapper, DJ, and producer Henriette Avram 1919–2006 American computer scientist and academic (born 1919) Jacques Richard 1952–2002 Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)

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