Thursday 8th of July 1943 (-) — Hero of the French Résistance Jean Moulin dies from injuries sustained during torture by Klaus Barbie aka The Butcher of Lyon Moulin was on a train heading for Germany.
Monday 8th of July 1991 (-) — Gangster and cop killer Johnny Mottry commits suicide by hanging in his cell
Tuesday 7th of May 1991 (-) — Victim of Francis Heaulme aka The Emmaus Murderer Laurence Guillaume is raped and strangled by Francis Heaulme aka The Emmaus Murderer aka Le Routard du Crime In this murder Heaulme was accompanied by the 19-year-old cousin of the victim Michel Guillaume, whom he had met less than an hour earlier at the fair in Metz. Guillaume was convicted of rape and complicity in the murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.