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

The conventional explosives aboard detonated and the nuclear payload ruptured and dispersed which resulted in radioactive contamination. Six crew members ejected safely but 27-year-old co-pilot Leonard Svitenko who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to bail out.
(21 January 1968)

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

There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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

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Nebraska State Penitentiary

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

Related events:

Thursday 25th of June 1959 (-) — Spree killer Charles Starkweather is executed by Old Sparky.
Friday 2nd of September 1994 (-) — Murderer Harold Otey is executed by Old Sparky.
Otey's was the first execution in Nebraska in 25 years when Charles Starkweather went to the same chair.