Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1969

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

Of the four Mk28-type hydrogen bombs the B-52G carried, three were found on land. The non-nuclear explosives in two of the weapons detonated upon impact with the ground resulting in the contamination of a 2 km2 area by plutonium. The fourth, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea, was recovered intact after a 2 1⁄2-month-long search.
(17 January 1966)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 17th of August 1969 57 years, 7 months and 1 days ago
Dentist Philip Blaiberg dies of a final rejection of his new heart at the age of 60 in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Blaiberg was the man who lived longest with a transplanted heart.