Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 May 1979

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 (-) Tuesday 29th of May 1979 47 years, 10 months and 28 days ago
Actress Mary Pickford born as Gladys Marie Smith aka The Girl with the Curls dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 87 in Santa Monica, California, United States.