Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 November 1996

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SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche entered the study and found the two lifeless bodies on the sofa. Eva Braun was with her legs drawn up to Hitler's left and slumped away from him. Hitler had shot himself with his own Walther PPK 7.65. The gun lay at his feet and Hitler's head was lying on the table in front of him. Blood dripping from Hitler's right temple and chin had made a large stain on the right arm of the sofa and was pooling on the carpet. Braun's body had no visible physical wounds and her face showed how she had died—by cyanide poisoning
(30 April 1945)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 30th of November 1996 28 years ago He Was Not Okay
Falsetto singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim born as Herbert Khaury dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. While singing his most famous song 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' at a Gala Benefit at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis Tim suffered a heart attack on stage. He was led out by his wife Susan Marie Gardner who asked him if he was okay. Tim responded, "No, I'm not!" Those were to be his final words. Tim collapsed shortly thereafter and was rushed to the hospital where he died after doctors tried to resuscitate him for one hour and fifteen minutes.