Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 February 1968

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

The conventional explosives aboard detonated and the nuclear payload ruptured and dispersed which resulted in radioactive contamination. Six crew members ejected safely but 27-year-old co-pilot Leonard Svitenko who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to bail out.
(21 January 1968)

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There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 9th of February 1968 58 years, 0 months and 10 days ago
47-year-old artist and pedagogue Joseph Beuys performs 'Eurasienstab - 82 min Fluxorium Organum' with Henning Christiansen in Wide White Space Gallery, Plaatsnijdersstraat 1, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.