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Assassination of French Socialist Leader Javres in 1914
In Paris on July 31, 1914 a gunman killed August Javres, leader of French socialism and editor of L Humanite, as influential antiwar figures dined. The assassin escaped trial amid wartime excitement and was later acquitted in 1919. Javres was honored posthumously by France, including placement in the Pantheon and stamp issues in 1936.
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