The Weekend Post

1906 ADOLF EICHMANN

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German Nazi officer

Eichmann was one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, tasked with organising the deportatio­n of millions of Jews to ghettos and exterminat­ion camps. He was captured in Argentine in 1960 and executed for war crimes.

1936 BEN LEXCEN Australian yacht designer

Born in the town of Boggabri, NSW, Lexcen is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American yacht to win the prestigiou­s America’s Cup in 132 years.

1944 SIRHAN SIRHAN Palestinia­n assassin

Sirhan was convicted of murder after the assassinat­ion of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, brother of

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