Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 August 2003

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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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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 28th of August 2003 22 years ago He Delivered His Last Pizza
Pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells aka The Human Pizza Delivery Bomb is killed by a time bomb device fastened around his neck by supposed bank robbers at the age of 47 in Peach Street, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Afterwards it turned out Wells was involved in the plot but did not know that his co-conspirators intended to let him die.