Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 April 1968

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Peruggia wanted to bring the painting back for display in Italy "after it was stolen by Napoleon". After keeping the painting hidden in a trunk in his apartment for two years Peruggia returned to Italy with it. He kept it in his apartment in Firenze but grew impatient and was finally caught when he contacted Alfredo Geri, the owner of an art gallery in Firenze, Italy.
(21 August 1911)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 3rd of April 1968 56 years ago Longevity Has its Place
39-year-old activist and African-American Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, originally Michael King delivers his last speech 'I've Been tot the Mountaintop' in Mason Temple, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. At the end of the speech King discusses the possibility of an untimely death. On the following day King was assassinated. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Been_to_the_Mountaintop