Patton had been thrown forward and smashed his head into a metal part when the Cadillac Model 75 he was sitting in crashed into a 2 1/2 ton military truck on a pheasant hunting trip on 8 December. (21 December 1945)
There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Wednesday 11th of May 1960 (x) — SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Israeli Mossad living under the assumed name of Ricardo Klement.
Saturday 4th of July 1992 (-) — Composer and bandoneon player Ástor Piazzolla dies of a cerebral hemorrhage. Piazzolla suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell in a coma on 4 August 1990 in Paris. He never regained conciousness until his death.