BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 348                 Friday, 13 December 2024         Antwerpen		
Our Young Life was Like a Flower in Bloom


3 Place André Mignot, Versailles, Île-de-France, France.

Related events:

  1. Monday 7th of November 1921 (x) — Start of the trial against Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru
    Among the audience of Landru's trial were actors Mistinguette and Maurice Chevalier, writer Colette and a huge number of women from the bourgeoisie. Special trains known as the 'Landru Spécial' were run from Paris Invalides station to arrive in Versailles in time for the hearings. "Une exhibition de fourrures, chinchillas et zibelines, des bras nus, des poitrines décolletées; des chairs nacrées, des colliers de perles, des lèvres trop rouges réprimant mal des petits rires fusants; un public venu là poussé par une sorte d'attirance morbide; la Cour d'assises a l'aspect  pittoresque d'un dancing." (Le Figaro)

  2. Wednesday 30th of November 1921 (x) Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru is sentenced to death