Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 November 1888

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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)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Saturday 10th of November 1888 138 years, 4 months and 8 days ago
Aircraft designer Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev is born in Pustomazovo, Tver Oblast, Russia.