<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: French resistance member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Môquet" id="mwtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guy Môquet">Guy Môquet</a> and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.