France remembers murdered socialist hero Jean Jaurès

From Top stories – France 24 - International News 24/7 Thu Jul 31 2014, 13:10:36

On a Friday evening on July 31, 1914, a 29-year-old French nationalist by the name of Raoul Villain arrived at a north Paris café, pulled a pistol from his pocket and fired two shots at a diner, striking his target twice in the head.

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