Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 September 1948

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

Because King Albert I was an expert climber some questioned the official version of his death and suggested that the King was murdered (or even committed suicide) somewhere else and that his body had never been at Marche-les-Dames, or that it was deposited there. In 2016 DNA testing on bloodstained leaves collected from Marche-les-Dames concluded that King Albert I died at that location.
(17 February 1934)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 1st of September 1948 78 years, 5 months and 3 days ago
31-year-old actor Robert Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds are arrested for possession of marijuana in Hollywood, California, United States. After serving a week at the county jail Mitchum spent 43 days (from 16 February to 30 March 1949) at a Castaic California prison farm.