Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 March 1944

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

46-year-old Tsaritsa Alexandra, their children 17-year-old Anastasia, 21-year-old Tatiana, 22-year-old Olga, 13-year-old Alexei and 19-year-old Maria survived the first hail of bullets; the sisters were wearing over 1.3 kilograms of diamonds and precious gems sewn into their clothing, which provided some initial protection from the bullets and bayonets. They were then stabbed with bayonets and finally shot at close range in their heads. Non-family members 53-year-old court physician Eugene Botkin, 40-year-old servant Anna Demidova, 62-year-old head footman Alexei Trupp and 36-year-old head cook Ivan Kharitonov were killed with them.
(17 July 1918)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 21st of March 1944 80 years ago
42-year-old dancer, actress, film director and photographer Leni Riefenstahl marries Peter Jacob in Kitzbühel, Tirol, Austria. Riefenstahl and Jacob divorced in 1947.