Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 July 1860

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

Vom Rath died two days later in hospital. Grynszpan was theorized to have been acquainted with vom Rath before the shooting. According to this theory vom Rath was homosexual and had met Grynszpan in the Paris bar Le Boeuf sur le Toit. Vom Rath had supposedly promised to use his influence to legalize Grynszpan's French residency. When vom Rath reneged on his promise Grynszpan went to the embassy and shot him.
(7 November 1938)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 1st of July 1860 164 years ago
Engineer and chemist Charles Goodyear dies of heart failure at the age of 60 in Fifth Avenue Hotel, 200 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. Goodyear collapsed when he heard his daughter had died.