Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 April 1944

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

Amundsen's team included Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot René Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen. It is believed that the plane crashed in fog in the Barents Sea and that Amundsen and his crew were killed in the crash, or died shortly afterward.
(18 June 1928)

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There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 8th of April 1944 81 years ago
Serial killer Bruno Lüdke dies during a medical experiment at the age of 36 in Kriminalmedizinisches Zentralinstitut der Sicherheitspolizei, Sensengasse 2, Wien, Wien, Austria. Lüdke was experimented on by consuming pure alcohol, bone marrow punctures and more. He probably died in a low pressure experiment. Some experiments on Lüdke were recorded on vinyl by psychiatrist and physician Robert Ritter.