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

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

57 buses were in a convoy traveling to Ternate to celebrate the Feast of Epiphany when the 9th bus' brakes failed and rammed the bus ahead.
(6 January 1967)

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There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 4th of October 1957 69 years, 5 months and 26 days 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