Vaganov shot and killed 10 sleeping comrades and wounded three others before turning his gun on himself. The dead were First Lieutenant Sergei Gavrilov, Junior Sergeant Alexander Medvedev, Junior Sergeant Dmitry Stepanov, Junior Sergeant Alexey Yurchkov, Private Alexander Lukyanenko, Private Oleg Mednikov, Private Askar Nauruzbaev, Private Andrei Semenikhin, Private Sergei Shcherbakov and Private Regel Subeev. (1 June 1997)
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Wednesday 15th of July 1959 (x) — Art vandal Walter Menzl is sentenced to three years imprisonment and a 800.000,- DM fine for the acid attack on Peter Paul Rubens’ 'Der Höllensturz der Verdammten' on 26 February 1959
Thursday 26th of February 1959 (x) — Peter Paul Rubens’ 'Der Höllensturz der Verdammten' is attacked with acid by Art vandal Walter Menzl
Wednesday 20th of April 1988 (x) — Albrecht Dürer's 'Lamentation for Christ', 'Paumgartner Altar' and 'Mater Dolarosa' are attacked with acid by Serial art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann