Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 August 1961

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Schwartz' last years were spent in reclusion as a result of alcoholism and mental illness. Two days passed before his body was identified at the morgue.
(11 July 1966)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 22nd of August 1961 63 years ago
34-year-old lieutenant-colonel and military air weaponry engineer Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry attempts to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle in Rue Charles Debry, Clamart, Île-de-France, France. De Gaulle's Citroën DS and some nearby shops were raked with machine-gun fire. De Gaulle and his wife and entourage escaped uninjured.