Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 August 1950

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Over 700 people were injured. Several years later, while being investigated on other arson charges, Robert Dale Segee (1929–1997), who was an adolescent at the time, confessed to starting the blaze. He was never tried for the crime and later recanted his confession.
(6 July 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 8th of August 1950 74 years ago
SS-Sturmbannführer and commandant of Fort Breendonk Philipp Johann Adolf Schmitt is executed by the firing squad at the age of 48 in Hoboken, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. Schmitt was the only German Nazi to be executed in Belgium.