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Although descriptions said that Siegel was shot in the eye, he was actually hit twice on the right side of his head. The death scene and postmortem photographs show that one shot penetrated his right cheek and exited through the left side of his neck; the other struck the right bridge of his nose where it met the right eye socket. The pressure created by the bullet passing through Siegel's skull blew his left eye out of its socket. Siegel was hit by several other bullets including shots through his lungs.
(20 June 1947)

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Polheim

the South Pole.

Related events:

Thursday 14th of December 1911 (x) — Explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first man to reach the South-Pole.
Amundsen arrived at Polheim (Home at the Pole) along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.
Saturday 4th of January 1958 (x) — Mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole overland.