German SS officer (died 1975)

Otto Skorzeny

Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German SS-Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including the removal from power of Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy and the Gran Sasso raid that rescued Benito Mussolini from captivity. Skorzeny led Operation Greif in which German soldiers infiltrated Allied lines wearing their enemies' uniforms. As a result, he was charged in 1947 at the Dachau Military Tribunal with breaching the 1907 Hague Convention, but was acquitted.

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1908

June 12

Died

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1900s

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910 Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
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1240 At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381 Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.

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The world in 1908

When Otto arrived

april 1 The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
april 11 SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
april 14 Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
april 16 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

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George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018) Anne Frank 1929– German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945) Dallas Clark 1979– American football player Gao Zong 1107– Chinese emperor (died 1187) Ian Craig 1935–2014 Australian cricketer (died 2014) Karl Freiherr von Müffling 1775–1851 Prussian field marshal (born 1775) Oliver Lodge 1851–1940 English physicist and academic (born 1851) Ray Barbuti 1905–1988 American runner and football player (born 1905) Sam Thaiday 1985– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 1908–1972 American pastor and politician (born 1908) Alistair Cooke 1908–2004 English-American journalist and author (born 1908) Annemarie Schwarzenbach 1908–1942 Swiss author and photographer (died 1942) Bette Davis 1908–1989 American actress (died 1989) Bill Bowes 1908–1987 English cricketer (died 1987) Billy Werber 1908–2009 American baseball player (born 1908) Eddie Tolan 1908–1967 American sprinter and educator (born 1908) Elizabeth Alexander 1908–1958 English geologist, academic, and physicist (died 1958) Enver Hoxha 1908–1985 Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908)

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