This U.S. Army photo from a few months after D-Day is filed simply thus:
“Photo taken at the instant bullets from a French firing squad hit a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans. This execution took place in Rennes, France.” Himes, November 21, 1944.
On this day..
- 1894: Santiago Salvador, William Tell bomber
- 1859: Yoshida Shoin, samurai sage
- 1853: Nathaniel Mobbs
- 1887: Joseph Morley
- 1834: James Graves, Trail of Tears precursor
- 1721: Christiana Bell
- 1797: Figaro the Elder and Jean Louis, Charleston slaves of Dominguan exiles
- 2012: Ajmal Kasab, 26/11 Mumbai terrorist
- 1920: Bloody Sunday in Ireland
- 1803: Johannes Bückler, "Schinderhannes"
- 1942: Partisans by the Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger
- 1944: An unknown Allied airman