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June 17, 1939

On June 17, 1939, last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. Clay Shaw, Ali Khamenei, Karel Gott would arrive in the same year.

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Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.

Eugen Weidmann was a German criminal and serial killer who was executed by guillotine in France in June 1939, the last public execution in France.

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1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.

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On June 17, 1939

1939 Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.

German serial killer (1908–1939)

Eugen Weidmann was a German criminal and serial killer who was executed by guillotine in France in June 1939, the last public execution in France.

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Clay Shaw 1939– American accountant, judge, and politician (died 2013)

Ali Khamenei 1939– Supreme Leader of Iran (died 2026)

Karel Gott 1939– Czech singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)

George Edgar Slusser 1939– American scholar and author (died 2014)

Louis Andriessen 1939– Dutch pianist and composer (died 2021)

Yuli Turovsky 1939– Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (died 2013)

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