Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 October 1915

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The explosion was caused by a faulty weld on a 65–76 "Kit" practice torpedo, leading to an explosion of high-test peroxide and secondary detonation of 5 to 7 torpedo warheads.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 12th of October 1915 109 years ago
Nurse Edith Louisa Cavell is executed by the firing squad at the age of 50 in Tir National, Schaerbeek, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. Sixteen men forming two firing squads carried out the sentence pronounced on Cavell and on four Belgian men including Cavell's friend Philippe Baucq.