1980 Death Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89 1950 Death Robert W. Lehnhoff, Executioner of Groningen, SS fuhrer, executed 1945 Event Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter 1937 Event "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class 1934 Event Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters) 1934 Event SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps 1908 Birthday Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy 1894 Birthday Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau 1893 Birthday Joachim von Ribbentrop, German SS fuhrer/foreign minister 1891 Birthday Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945 1861 Death Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 1807 Birthday Robert Fuhrer, composer