Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 July 1943

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

Mesrine's golden BMW 520 was boxed in at the entrance to the intersection and police marksmen in the rear of a lorry immediately in front of their car threw open a tarpaulin. Twenty rounds were fired at point blank range. Mesrine was hit 15 times. A coup de grâce was then administered with a pistol. His mistress Sylvia Jeanjacquot lost one eye and suffered lasting damage to her arm. Her pet dog was killed.
(2 November 1979)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 8th of July 1943 83 years, 6 months and 21 days ago
Hero of the French Résistance Jean Moulin aka Joseph Jean Mercier dies from injuries sustained during torture by Klaus Barbie aka The Butcher of Lyon at the age of 44 in Metz, Lorraine, France. Moulin was on a train heading for Germany.