Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Paris XXe, Île-de-France, France || Rue de Belleville 72

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

Văn Trỗi tried to assassinate United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and future ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1964. Văn Trỗi's last words were "I have committed no sin. It is the Americans who have sinned."
(19 October 1964)

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

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Rue de Belleville 72, XXe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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Sunday 19th of December 1915 (+) — Singer Édith Piaf is born.
Legend has it that Piaf was born on the pavement of Rue de Belleville 72 but her birth certificate cites the Hôpital Tenon.