Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Aramil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

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

On the day of Bernstein's funeral procession through the streets of Manhattan, construction workers removed their hats and waved, yelling "Goodbye, Lenny."
(14 October 1990)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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Aramil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

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Sunday 1st of May 1960 (x) — A Lockheed U-2 spy aircraft with United States Air Force pilot Francis Gary Powers on board is shot down by the first of three SA-2 Guideline (S-75 Dvina) surface-to-air missiles fired by a battery commanded by Mikhail Voronov.
Powers was convicted of espionage and sentenced to three years imprisonment and seven years hard labor but would be released two years later on 10 February 1962 during a prisoner exchange for Soviet officer Rudolf Abel.