Laika died within hours from overheating possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six, or as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion. (3 November 1957)
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Friday 3rd of January 1496 (x) — Artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, inventor and polymath Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine