Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1978

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

At the age of six Hughes weighed about 92 kilograms (200 lb); at ten he weighed 171 kilograms (380 lb). By the time of his death he weighed almost half a ton.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 8th of May 1978 46 years ago
42-year-old gangster Jacques Mesrine aka Public Enemy No. 1 escapes from prison with François Besse and Carman Rives in Prison de la Santé, 42 Rue de la Santé, XIVe, Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Mesrine and Besse were the first men to escape from La Santé. Rives was shot dead on the prison wall by police.