Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 April 1937

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Purvis died from a gunshot wound to the head fired from the pistol given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. A later investigation suggested that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a tracer bullet jammed in the pistol.
(29 February 1960)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 26th of April 1937 87 years ago
The entire village is bombed the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria under the code name Operation Rügen in Guernica, Euskadi, Spain. Estimates between 150 and 1650 people were killed. The number of civilian fatalities is now set at between 170 and 300 people. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Guernica