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On November 28, 1972, last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison. The year's #1 song was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. Aaron Lewis, Conchita Martínez, Tracy K. Smith would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 28, 1972
Claude Gabriel Buffet was a French murderer who was executed by guillotine for the murders of prison warder Guy Girardot and prison nurse Nicole Comte during a hostage situation at Clairvaux Prison. The execution was controversial as Buffet's accomplice in the crime, Roger Bontems, did not partake in the killings, yet was still sentenced to death alongside Buffet.
Around 1972
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
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French criminal (1933–1972)
Claude Gabriel Buffet was a French murderer who was executed by guillotine for the murders of prison warder Guy Girardot and prison nurse Nicole Comte during a hostage situation at Clairvaux Prison. The execution was controversial as Buffet's accomplice in the crime, Roger Bontems, did not partake in the killings, yet was still sentenced to death alongside Buffet.
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