Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States

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 1991

There are 3393 births, 3959 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6460 places until today.

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

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Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States.

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Sunday 25th of June 1933 (+) — American Civil Rights Movement figure James Meredith is born.
Friday 29th of January 1954 (+) — Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is born.
Winfrey was born to an unmarried teenage mother who said that her conception was due to a single sexual encounter.