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Small and Big Facts of the Week
- Mr. Berger, Treasurer of the Ligue d'Action Française, is murdered by a woman on a staircase in the North-South section of the Saint-Lazare train station. - The Paris-Quimper express derails near Arpajon. - The wines of the Aube are now entitled to the "Champagne" appellation. - In London, the 58th birthday of Queen Mary is celebrated. - A new earthquake is felt in Tokyo. - The French historian Aulard is elected citizen of the city of Athens. - The centenary of Charcot is celebrated at the Sorbonne. - Three general councilors are killed during the municipal elections in Martinique. - Marshal Joffre attends the funeral of Marshal French. - On Rue de Rivoli, following a collision, a taxi is thrown onto a sidewalk and injures seven people. - A French plane capsizes in Alicante. - Gaston Doumergue inaugurates the Romanian Art Exhibition. - General Gouraud reviews the Maubeuge garrison. - American newspapers will publish the amounts paid for income tax. - The Epsom Derby is won by "Manna". - In Breslau, three children who had taken shelter under a tree are killed by lightning. - A firedamp explosion in the United States kills fifty people. - Mr. Max gives up on forming the Belgian cabinet. - A baggage thief is arrested in a train car at Lyon station. - A steam schooner hits a mine north of Gotland and sinks. - A London woman gives birth to three male children. - Bulgaria dismisses the militia authorized by the allies. - In Vitry, the police tear down anti-militarist posters posted during the night. - For three years, the Union of International Fairs will have its headquarters in Milan. - In Villeneuve Saint-Georges, the villa of Mrs. Widow Victor Durny is burglarized. - At Pré Saint-Gervais, a gas leak leaves three victims. - Dinorah, the child abductor, is sentenced to four years in prison. - Death of Lucien Guitry. - At the Arts Décoratifs, a pillar collapses under the pressure of the crowd: a child is killed.
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