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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)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Bayernallee 10-11, Westend, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Sunday 10th of November 1974 (-) — Judge and President of Germany’s Superior Court of Justice Günter von Drenkmann is shot dead in his house by die Rote Armee Fraktion / Bewegung 2 Juni as represaille for the death of Holger Meins.
The attack on von Drenkmann had actually been part of planned kidnapping for ransom that went wrong.