Michelangelo’s Pietà Vandalized in Rome, May 21, 1972
Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
Date: May 21, 1972
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