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July 17

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  1. 1794 CEChristian · died

    Sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne were executed in Paris during the Reign of Terror, singing as they went to the guillotine.

  2. 1965 CEBuddhist · died

    Walter Evans-Wentz, the anthropologist who edited and published an early English edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, died in Encinitas, California.

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