http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/thisday/ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/images/common/logo.gif http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/thisday/ en-us James Ellis (mailto:joellis@whs.wisc.edu) 2009-11-07T00:05:00-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/thisday/?action=search&month=11&day=7 On this date Carl Frederick Zeidler died. In April of 1940, he became Mayor of Milwaukee and two years later he left office and joined the Navy. He died when his ship was torpedoed near Cape Town, South Africa. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin's Historical Markers edited by Sarah Davis McBride] 2009-11-07T00:05:00-06:00