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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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		Writer André Paul Guillaume Gide 22 November 1869 (+) is born in Paris, France. 19 February 1951 (-) dies of natural causes in Paris, France.
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