May 12th, 1982
During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow". event on May 12, 1982. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around May 12, 1982
May 13th, 1982 | Birth | Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer |
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