Three days before Larber had his clothing mysteriously catch fire a few minutes after being fed while his attendent was out of the room. Said attendent put out the fire with blankets immediatly but Larber died of third-degree burns. (2 February 1959)
There are 3392 births, 3956 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5745 people in 6459 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Sunday 6th of August 1961 (x) — Cosmonaut Gherman Titov becomes the second person to orbit the earth aboard Vostok 2, landing. Titov was preceded by Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961.