Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 August 1961

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

Sadat and ten others were killed outright or suffered fatal wounds, including Major General Hassan Allam, general from the Omani delegation Khalfan Nasser Mohammed, Eng. Samir Helmy Ibrahim, Al Anba' Samuel, presidential photographer Mohammed Yousuf Rashwan, Saeed Abdel Raouf Bakr, Chinese engineer Zhang Baoyu, as well as the Cuban ambassador to Egypt and a Coptic Orthodox bishop. Twenty-eight were wounded, including Vice President Hosni Mubarak, Irish Defence Minister James Tully and four US military liaison officers.
(6 October 1981)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 6th of August 1961 65 years, 1 months and 21 days ago
26-year-old cosmonaut Gherman Titov becomes the second person to orbit the earth aboard Vostok 2, landing in Krasny Kut, Saratov Oblast, Russia. Titov was preceded by Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961.