Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 August 1982

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An electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited and triggered a chain-reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161.
(29 July 1967)

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Monday 16th of August 1982
44 years, 2 months and 6 days ago

Olga Kuprina is stabbed to death by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper at the age of 16 in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Kuprina's body was found on 27 October in a forest belt near the Cossack Camps on the Rostov – Shakhty suburban line.