Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 January 1946

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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 (-) Wednesday 30th of January 1946 80 years, 3 months and 0 days ago
Executioner Carl Franz Friedrich Gröpler aka Der Rote Richter dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. During his career as an executioner Gröpler executed 144 people, by the axe and the Guillotine.