Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 August 1947

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Banda said that he had sold his soul to the Devil and that the Devil had told him to kill six people. Banda's sister testified that on the night of the killing he confessed to stabbing 74-year-old Merle Laird 20 or 30 times and then drinking some blood from her mouth.
(11 December 1995)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 18th of August 1947 79 years, 10 months and 1 days ago
147 Die in storage depot explosion in Base de Defensas Submarinas, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. Some 1.737 sea mines, torpedoes and depth charges containing 200 tonnes of TNT and amatol, exploded for unknown reasons. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cádiz_Explosion