Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 August 1926

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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 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 23rd of August 1926 98 years ago The Sheik Lapsed in a Coma
Actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino born as Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla aka Latin Lover dies of pleurisy at the age of 31 in Polyclinic Hospital, 345 West 50th Street, New York City, New York, United States.