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A Daily Dose of History (13 Oct 2026) Today's historical events: World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium. Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First. Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300. The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing two and injuring 20. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
