Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 July 1967

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On the morning of his execution Laval attempted to cheat the firing squad by taking poison from a vial stitched inside the lining of his jacket. The poison was so old that it was ineffective and repeated stomach-pumpings revived Laval.
(15 October 1945)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 29th of July 1967 57 Years Ago
134 Die in USS Forrestal aircraft carrier fire in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. An electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited and triggered a chain-reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire