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)
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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Friday 13th of January 1995 (-) — Drug trafficker Ting Chon Chan is executed by the firing squad. Chan became the first person known to have been executed for drug-related offences in Indonesia. He was sentenced to death for smuggling 420 grams of heroin.