Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland || Cemetary

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He was the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. At the time of his execution he was still crippled from his wounds and had to be carried to the gallows on a stretcher and supported by deputy marshals.
(24 March 1936)

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Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

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Thursday 2nd of March 1978 (x) — The coffin of Actor and film director Charles Chaplin is stolen from the cemetary.
In May 1978 24-year-old Roman Wardas from Poland and 38-year-old Gancho Ganev from Bulgaria demanded a ransom of $600.000 in return for the coffin. Oona Chaplin refused to deal with them saying "My husband is in heaven and in my heart". The thieves were arrested and the coffin was found buried in a nearby cornfield.