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Schweizer Illustrierte
Schweizer Illustrierte
13 May, 1981
17.19 hrs - 17.30 hrs. The faithful pray before the Pope's empty chair after Pope John Paul II is shot by Mehmet Ali Aqca from Turkey.
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