Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Lilienthal, Otto

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Günther carried two 20l milk canisters filled with petrol and poured them over himself before the altar while 300 people were attending mass. He then spread his arms and let the candles ignite his robe. Two more spare canisters exploded as the floor around the altar was covered in flames.
(19 September 1978)

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		Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal aka The Glider King 23 May 1848 (+) is born in Anklam, Germany. 10 August 1896 (-) dies of a fracture of the third cervical vertebra and a hemorrhage after falling the day before from a height of about 15 metres while still in his glider in Berlin, Germany.
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