Category: Rudolf Diesel
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Rudolf Diesel, creator of the engine that carries his name, vanishes from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Antwerp, Belgium, to Harwich, England. September 29, 1913.
On this day in history, September 29, 1913, Rudolf Diesel, creator of the engine that carries his name, vanishes from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Antwerp, Belgium, to Harwich, England. On October 10, a Belgian sailor onboard a North Sea steamer noticed a body afloat in the sea; after investigating, the body was, in…