Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 August 1947

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Several photographs were taken of the lynching, which were published and sold as postcards in local stores for 25 cents each, a common practice after lynchings, along with pieces of the rope, Frank's nightshirt, and branches from the tree.
(17 August 1915)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 7th of August 1947 79 years, 5 months and 23 days ago
33-year-old adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl smashes into a reef with his raft Kon-Tiki after sailing across the Pacific Ocean in 101 days in Raroia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.