Deaths on October 21

Alois Kayser

Died on October 21, 1944

Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)

Alois Kayser (March 29, 1877 in Lupstein, Alsace – October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German-French Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost forty years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar (and possibly a Nauruan language dictionary). In 1943, he was deported along with Pierre Clivaz, a Swiss missionary, as well as most of the Nauruan population, by the Japanese to Micronesia, where he died.

In his honour, the government of Nauru named the technical school in the district Ewa after him.

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Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
13 Apr

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Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
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World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
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Deaths on October 21

Alois Kayser

Died on October 21, 1944

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