Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 March 1976

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

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 (-) Wednesday 3rd of March 1976 48 years ago La Clef Était avec le Concierge
Artist Pierre Molinier commits suicide by a shot in his mouth at the age of 76 in 7 rue des Faussets, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Molinier was suffering from prostate cancer and feared an anal operation. On his door he wrote in chalk the following words: "Je prends ma vie. La clef est avec le concierge".