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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)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Salon du Bourget

Goussainville, Val d'Oise, France.

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