Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 May 1940

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Birger shook hands with the 'humane hangman' Philip Hanna and his final words were "It's a beautiful world."
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 20th of May 1940 86 years, 7 months and 22 days ago
Leader of the Verdinaso Joris Edmond Eduard Van Severen is brutally murdered by drunken French partizans at the age of 46 in Kiosque d'Abbeville, Abbeville, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Twenty one suspects of varying political stripe were selected and executed without trial.