Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 October 1946

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A group of 26 survivors were found by the Grimsby trawler Sylvia. 32 more were picked up by the British steamer Cervonax and 70, including Captain Gundal, by the German steamer Energie. Some of the 160 survivors spent up to eight days in open lifeboats before rescue.
(28 June 1904)

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There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 1st of October 1946 78 years ago
52-year-old Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Hess is convicted to life imprisonment for committing crimes against peace and conspiracy to commit crimes in Saal 600, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Hess was one of seven Nazis to receive prison sentences at the trial. These seven were transported by aircraft to the Allied military prison at Spandau in Berlin on 18 July 1947.