St. Bartholomew's Day massacre St. Bartholomew's Day massacre The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre () in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Queen Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre took place a few days after the wedding day (18 August) of the king's sister Margaret to the Protestant Henry III of Navarre (the future Henry IV of France). Many of the most wealthy and prominent Huguenots had gathered in largely Catholic Paris
St. Valentine's Day Massacre (EP) the same cover and track listing. It reached #5 in the UK Singles Charts. A bootleg "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" exists, a double 12" vinyl album with white labels. It contains recordings of Motörhead and Girlschool's sets from a 1981 Rockstage TV Special from The Theatre Royal in Nottingham. On 19 February 1981 the band played "Please Don't Touch" under the name Headgirl on the BBC TV "Top of the Pops" show, to support the release of the EP. They also performed the song on episode 62 of the German TV show "Musikladen", that was aired 4 April 1981. The