At the age of 88

• 01-March-1978 : Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from CosierCosiersursurVevey, Switzerland.
• 21-June-1940 : WWII: Vichy France and Germany sign an armistice at Compiegne, in the same wagonwagonlit railroad car used by Marshal Ferdinand Foch to accept the surrender of Germany in 1918.
• 17-August-1740 : Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.