Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 October 1957

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

Only half the torso was found. Nothing remained below the hips. The head was never found nor the body identified.
(10 September 1936)

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There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2069 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 4th of October 1957 67 years ago
The first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 is launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit in Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5, Baykonur, , Kazakhstan. Sputnik 1 orbited for three weeks before its batteries died, then silently for two more months before falling back into the atmosphere. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1