Heinrich Himmler History: May 23, 1945 - Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 May 21, 1945 - German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured June 11, 1943 - Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos January 14, 1943 - Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw April 20, 1934 - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police April 1, 1933 - Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
More Notable Birthdays on October 7:
1968 - Toni Braxton, singer, You Mean the World to Me
1952 - Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia
1943 - Oliver North, American Soldier
1931 - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982
1885 - Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics, Nobel 1922