1721) Salvatore "Silvio" Laboroi

 Salvatore "Silvio" Laboroi (1930 - 1945). Italian volunteer in the Xª Flottiglia MAS.

He was born in Aosta Valley. In 1944, he run away from home to join the Xª Flottiglia MAS of the Repubblica Sociale Italiana, but because of his young age he was not enlisted. In December 1944, near the city of Trnovo (today in Slovenia), the Xª Flottiglia MAS fought against the Yugoslavian troops led by Josip Broz Tito, which wanted to take Gorizia away from Italy. 

With the help of a steward, Silvio hid among the crates of biscuits in a supply convoy, thus also reaching Trnovo. Once discovered, the commander decided to let him stay, but he was kept away from the line of fire and assigned to the battalion kitchen. He, however, decided to return to the line of fire. When the commander was wounded, Silvio defended him and was wounded himself. He died three months later.

- "Capelli rossi, come la passione della Patria che lo animò e lo sostenne, occhi intelligenti, intensi e candidi come la sua anima d’adolescente, il suo viso era pieno di lentiggini e quelle erano le uniche macchie che aveva. [Red hair, like the passion for his country that inspired and sustained him, intelligent eyes, intense and candid like his adolescent soul, his face was full of freckles and those were the only blemishes he had.]" https://sullebarricate.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/laboroi-silvio-a-quattordici-anni-caduto-per-lonore-ditalia/

- "Capelli rossicci, viso di lentiggini, occhi intelligenti e intensi. [Reddish hair, freckled face, intelligent and intense eyes]." https://www.italia-rsi.it/cadutiperlarsi/cadutiperlarsi.htm

1720) James Vibert

James Vibert (1872 – 1942). Swiss sculptor and educator. He is known as one of the precursors of the Symbolism movement in Switzerland.

Vibert was educated as an ironworker in Lyon and moved to Paris in 1891, where he joined the atelier of Rodin and where he associated himself with French Symbolism.

After his return to Switzerland he was commissioned for the monumental Three Confederates completed for the Federal Palace of Switzerland in 1914, and was nominated professor of the Geneva University of Art and Design (formerly École des Beaux-Arts de Genève) at Geneva. His former students included Pierre Le Faguays.

Portrait by Ferdinand Hodler, 1915

Portrait by Ferdinand Hodler, 1907

1719) Peter August Böckstiegel

Peter August Böckstiegel (1889 - 1951). German painter, graphic artist and sculptor, in the Expressionistic style.

My Mother and I

Self-portrait

Self-portrait

Self-portrait

1718) Keith Magnuson

Keith Arlen Magnuson (1947 – 2003), Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1969 and 1979.

Magnuson grew up in Wadena, Saskatchewan. His family moved to Saskatoon when he was 10 years old. When he was seventeen he played for the Saskatoon Blades, before he received a hockey scholarship to the University of Denver. Magnuson joined the Chicago Black Hawks for the 1969–70 season and led the league in penalty minutes in his first two seasons. He became an assistant coach for the Black Hawks after retiring in 1979 and was promoted to head coach for the 1980–81 season.

- "Many fans remember the fights and the flowing red hair, but many more remember Keith Magnuson as one of the greatest ambassadors the Chicago Blackhawks franchise has ever had."   https://committedindians.com/keith-magnuson-late-hawks-captain-ties-chicago-denver/

- "... his fiery red hair and his determined countenance always struck me as magnificent. [...] It was here where a red-haired boy named Keith Arlen Magnuson was born on April 27, 1947, the youngest of four children to Joe and Birdie Magnuson."   https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9781623683641_A24020601/preview-9781623683641_A24020601.pdf

1717) Myles Standish

Myles Standish 1584 – 1656). English military officer and colonist. 

He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States, by the Pilgrims. Standish accompanied the Pilgrims on the ship Mayflower and played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its foundation in 1620. On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. Standish served at various times as an agent of Plymouth Colony on a return trip to England, as assistant governor of the colony, and as its treasurer.

- "Examining the remains of the man believed to be Captain Standish, a doctor proclaimed that he had been a man of great physical strength. Hair still remaining on the skull was red and gray."   https://historicaldigression.com/2014/05/10/digging-up-myles-standish-thrice/

1716) Gerhard Schaschke

Gerhard Kurt Erwin Schaschke (1911 - 1941). German air ace during WWII. He was born in Dresden.

His favorite tactic was to have a few Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters flying over a Soviet airbase as bait. When the enemy scrambled their planes, he slipped in behind them at treetop level and shot them down on takeoff. In just six weeks, his score rose to about 20 kills (the sources differ on the final number, but a photo of the tail fin shows 20 kill marks prior to his last fight), earning him the Iron Cross, 1st class. He also sunk three ships. Schaschke’s luck ran out on 4 August 1941. He got into a fight with LaGG-3s of the 145th Fighter Aviation Regiment southeast of Murmansk, reportedly shooting down two enemy aircraft before himself being shot down by captain Aleksandr Zaytsev.

In 1937 he had married Isolde Lucia Wilhelmine Riedel.

- "SCHASCHKE, Gerhard (“Ryzhyy”, i.e.“carrots”, a reference to his red hair)."   https://www.ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20S-Z%20Apr%202021.pdf

- "Hauptmann Schaschke soon became well known and earned a special hatred among his adversaries. They even gave him a nickname, “Ryzhyy” (“Red-Hair,” or more correctly, “Carrots”)."   https://ourairports.biz/?p=6124

1715) Marjorie West

Marjorie West (1933 - ?). American child who went missing from McKean County, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1938. Her disappearance was heavily covered by both local and national media, but her whereabouts have never been ascertained.

On May 8, 1938, Marjorie, along with her parents, 7-year-old brother Allan and 11-year-old sister Dorothea, attended a church in Bradford, Pennsylvania. After they attended the church, they went to Marshburg, Pennsylvania for a picnic to celebrate Mother's Day. Dorothea left Marjorie alone while she spoke to her mother. When Dorothea went back to Marjorie, she had disappeared and was never seen again. Her parents called the police, but the police found no evidence of Marjorie's whereabouts. 

In 2010, a local publisher, Harold Thomas Beck, claimed to have solved the mystery by identifying Marjorie with Sylvia Waldrop London. She eventually admitted that her mother confessed on her deathbed to her husband having stolen her from a park, and that she had remembered the names Dorothea and Allan from childhood. 

- "Dorothea and Marjorie, a red-haired girl who was dressed like Shirley Temple (in the style of the time), picked violets together."  https://carenlissner.medium.com/the-still-unsolved-mystery-of-a-little-girl-who-vanished-in-1938-7f9d6edeee04

- "... another day had passed without finding the little red-haired four-year-old, Marjorie West. [...]  Police began circulating a poster describing Marjorie’s “curley” red hair, freckles, red Shirley Temple hat and patent leather shoes." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/missing-marjorie-west