Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 January 1996

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

As a prototype of the missile was being prepared for a test flight, an explosion occurred when second stage engines ignited accidentally while it was still on the launchpad. Despite the magnitude of the disaster, news of it was suppressed for many years and the Soviet government did not acknowledge the event until 1989.
(24 October 1960)

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There are 3347 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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Thursday 4th of January 1996

28 years ago

Carmelina Russo is presumably abducted and killed by unidentified serial killer Le Dépeceur de Mons aka The Trash Bag Killer at the age of 42 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.

Russo's remains were found in pieces floating in the river Escaut 17 days later in Chateau L'Abbaye, France.