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

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The official ruling of Maxwell's death at the inquest was death by a heart attack combined with accidental drowning.
(5 November 1991)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 7th of August 1947 78 years 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.