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

Laika died within hours from overheating possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six, or as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.
(3 November 1957)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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

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Leningrad, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

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Friday 30th of July 1926 (+) — Psychic Nina Kulagina is born
Wednesday 15th of May 1935 (-) — Abstract art pioneer Kazimir Malevich dies of cancer
On his deathbed Malevich was exhibited with the black square above him, and mourners at his funeral rally were permitted to wave a banner bearing a black square.
Thursday 27th of February 1936 (-) — Physiologist Ivan Pavlov dies of pneumonia
Conscious until his very last moment Pavlov asked one of his students to sit beside his bed and to record the circumstances of his dying.
Tuesday 15th of September 1987 (-) — Victim of Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper Yuri Tereshonok is stabbed to death by Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper
Monday 5th of September 1988 (-) — Student and unofficial prostitute Olga Gaevskaya dies of AIDS
Gaevskaya turned to doctors in 1985 and over the next 3 years she received inoperable diagnoses 26 times for various diseases. Gaevskaya was the first official victim of aids in the USSR and she died from pneumocystic pneumonia.
Wednesday 11th of April 1990 (-) — Psychic Nina Kulagina dies of unknown causes