Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 August 1933

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The entire United States Figure Skating team, on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, was killed in the crash. Farmer Theo De Laet working in the fields was killed by a piece of aluminum debris from the plane, and and his friend Marcel Lauwers' leg was severed by flying debris.
(15 February 1961)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 31st of August 1933 93 years, 8 months and 18 days ago
Philosopher Theodor Lessing is assassinated by Sudeten German Nazi sympathizers at the age of 61 in Mariánské Lázně, Karlovarský Kraj, Czechoslovakia. Lessing was shot through a window of the villa where he lived on the night before by Rudolf Max Eckert, Rudolf Zischka and Karl Hönl. In June it was reported in Sudeten newspapers that a reward had been announced for Lessing's capture.