BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
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Aviation pioneer
Otto Lilienthal
aka The Glider King


  • 23 May 1848 (+) is born in Anklam, Germany.

  • 10 August 1896 (-) dies of a fracture of the third cervical vertebra and a hemorrhage after falling the day before from a height of about 15 metres while still in his glider in Berlin, Germany.


  • More info on Wikipedia