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

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Bolan was a passenger in a purple Mini 1275GT (registration FOX 661L) driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Mortons drinking club and restaurant. Jones lost control of the car: it struck a steel reinforced chain link fence post and came to rest against a sycamore tree after failing to negotiate a small humpback bridge near Gipsy Lane. Neither occupant was wearing a seat belt and Bolan was killed instantly. A few days after the crash fans broke into Bolan's home and stole most of his possessions.
(16 September 1977)

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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.