Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 January 1895

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

When the troopers approached Wilder, he retreated to his car to arm himself with a .357 Magnum. Trooper Leo Jellison grabbed Wilder from behind and subdued his arms. In the scuffle two shots were fired; the first bullet passed through Wilder's body, exited through his back and into Jellison. The second also went into Wilder's chest - both bullets went through Wilder's heart, killing him instantly.
(13 April 1984)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 5th of January 1895 130 years ago
36-year-old artillery officer and presumed traitor Alfred Dreyfus is convicted in a secret court martial, publicly stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island in French Guiana, in Cour d'Assises, 34 Quai des Orfèvres, Ier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.