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On 5 July a gale developed and Méduse showed signs of breaking up. 146 men and one woman boarded an unstable raft. The raft had few supplies and no means of steering or navigation. By the fourth day there were only 67 people left alive on the raft and some resorted to cannibalism to survive. On the eighth day the fittest decided to throw the weak and wounded overboard, leaving just 15 men remaining, all of whom survived another four days until their rescue on 17 July by the brig Argus which accidentally encountered them.
(2 July 1816)
There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 10th of May 1941 85 years, 8 months and 1 days ago |
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 47-year-old Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Hess flies to the United Kingdom in a Messerschmitt Bf 110, presumably with a peace-mission, but he crashes and parachuted out of the plane in Floors Farm, Eaglesham, Scotland, United Kingdom. Identifying himself as Hauptmann Alfred Horn, Hess said he had an important message for the Duke of Hamilton. |
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