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Abel Paz

• 1861 - Luigi Galleani, Italian anarchist, is born (1861-1931).
• 1873 - Cantonal rebellion: The Canton of Granada is dissolved.
• 1894 - In Paris, France, the Procès des trente ("Trial of the Thirty"), which began August 6, comes to a close.
• 1920 - Bernard Voyenne (d. 2003) born.
• 1921 - Abel Paz (pictured) is born in Almería, Spain.
• 1944 - Jehan Jonas (d. ) born.
• 1958 - Goliardo Fiaschi, Italian partisan, anti-fascist & anarchist guerilla, & Luis Agustín Vicente appear before a Court Martial, with Fiaschi receiving a prison term of 20 years & one day, with Vicente receiving 24 years & four months. The two guerillas had entered Spain a year ago with José Lluís Facerias who was killed in a separate ambush.
• 1975 - Laurance Labadie (b. 1898) dies, aged 78. Individualist anarchist, son of Joseph Labadie.
• 1992 - Anarchist composer & musician John Cage (b. 1912) dies, New York City.