Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 August 1896

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

Legend has it that he was initially baptized Gaetano and given the name of Gabriele later in childhood, because of his angelic looks.
(12 March 1863)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

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

Like BFD on Facebook
Follow BFD on Tumblr
Like DDV on Facebook
Follow DDV on Twitter

Get a daily BFD list in your mailbox.

BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 10th of August 1896 128 years ago Brachte Er ein Opfer
Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal aka The Glider King dies of a fracture of the third cervical vertebra and a hemorrhage after falling the day before from a height of about 15 metres while still in his glider at the age of 48 in Universitätsmedizin Charité, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Lilienthal's last words to his brother Gustav were "Opfer müssen gebracht werden!"