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

Sputnik 1 orbited for three weeks before its batteries died, then silently for two more months before falling back into the atmosphere.
(4 October 1957)

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Kimbolton Castle

Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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Tuesday 7th of January 1536 (-) — Princess of Wales and first wife of Henry VIII Catalina de Aragón dies of cancer
Rumours of poisoning were born after the apparent discovery during Catalina's embalming that there was a black growth on her heart that might have been caused by poisoning. Modern medical experts are in agreement that her heart's discolouration was due not to poisoning but to cancer, something which was not understood at the time.