The Noite Sangrenta, the Bloody Night, occurred in Portugal as Prime Minister Antonio Granjo, former President Antonio Machado Santos, and Navy Minister Jose Carlos de Maia were murdered in monarchical coup. The assassination had been against the wishes of the leaders of the coup, and demonstrated the instability of the nation.
In another act of violence, a British hand grenade was delivered in a package to U.S. Ambassador to France Myron T. Herrick. Herrick didn't have time to open it at work and took it home, where his valet, British Army veteran Lawrence Blanchard, went to open it, but recognized the sound of the Grenade's spring and threw it into an empty room, although he was wounded in the resulting explosion.
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