Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 November 1241

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

Five crewmen successfully ejected or bailed out of the aircraft and landed safely, another ejected but did not survive the landing and two died in the crash. The dead were 35-year-old Sergeant Francis Roger Barnish, 42-year-old Major Eugene Holcombe Richards and 41-year-old Major Eugene Shelton. Bomb disposal expert responsible for disarming the device Jack Revelle claimed "we came damn close" to a nuclear detonation that would have completely changed much of eastern North Carolina.
(23 January 1961)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 10th of November 1241 785 years, 5 months and 29 days ago
179th Pope Celestinus IV born as Goffredo da Castiglione dies of wear and age in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Celestinus IV occupied the throne for only seventeen days.