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The reactor explosion killed two of the reactor operating staff. In the emergency response that followed 134 firemen and station staff were hospitalized with acute radiation syndrome due to absorbing high doses of ionizing radiation. Of these 134 people, 28 died in the days to months afterward. Model predictions with the greatest confidence values of the eventual total death toll in the decades ahead from Chernobyl releases vary from 4.000 fatalities when solely assessing the three most contaminated former Soviet states to about 9.000 to 16.000 fatalities when assessing the total continent of Europe. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and is one of only two nuclear energy disasters rated at seven—the maximum severity—on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
(26 April 1986)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3351 births, 3899 deaths, 1122 murders, 493 disasters and 2033 other events about 5702 people in 6386 places until today.

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

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Columbus Circle

New York City, New York, United States.

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Monday 28th of June 1971 (x) — Before thousands of stunned spectators and amid heavy police security, Mobster and crime boss Joseph Colombo is shot three times in the head and neck by black street hustler Jerome Johnson
Colombo remained paralyzed for the next seven years. In 1975 a court-ordered examination showed that Colombo could move his thumb and forefinger on his right hand. In 1976 there were reports that he could recognize people and utter several words. Colombo died of cardiac arrest on 22 May 1978.