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

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Most of the dead were found in the Playtown Cabaret on the 6th floor. 93 suffered carbon dioxide poisoning, three died from compression injuries in the chest and abdomen (meaning that they were probably trampled to death) and 22 died from jumping.
(13 May 1972)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 12th of October 1915 111 years, 2 months and 30 days 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.