Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: http://bit.ly/14agw7n <br />http://www.worldcrunch.com <br /> <br />1983 – The Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop is executed during a military coup d'état. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bishop <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ZBTa47o_w <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5wOHIi7xCU <br /> <br />2012 – Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas is destroyed by fire. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tex <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMGSkrwchIw <br /> <br />1984 – Roman Catholic priest from Poland, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity union, is murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Popie%C5%82uszko <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbjvOj0Yyxw <br /> <br />1931 – John le Carré, British intelligence officer and author, is born. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_le_Carr%C3%A9 <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FHIGL3N54 <br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter576/4448628111/in/photolist-5sHWNx-5tFwKC-64qbTH-boVvyx-boVwtp-boVvSK-boVwa2-boVVmX-boW4uM-boVUNF-boVV5H-boW4Yv-boW4JB-k2QcV-7M7o9F-cHqA8E <br /> <br />Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet
