1994 Death Karl Hess, American Writer 1987 Death Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93 1973 Death Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist 1968 Death Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 1964 Death Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist 1941 Event Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland 1941 Event Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy 1940 Event Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz 1933 Event Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government 1923 Birthday Karl Hess, American Writer 1912 Birthday Ernst Hess, composer 1906 Birthday Willy Hess, composer 1894 Birthday Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau 1890 Birthday Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist 1883 Birthday Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist 1881 Birthday Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist 1798 Birthday Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter
