Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 February 1955

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 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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Tuesday 8th of February 1955
71 years, 11 months and 3 days ago

Irmgard Strehl is sexually assaulted and stabbed to death by serial killer Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale at the age of 19 in Bundesbahn 63, Herrenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.