Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 December 1968

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

Byck shot and killed Maryland Aviation Administration Police officer George Neal Ramsburg before storming aboard Delta Air Lines DC-9 Flight 523 to Atlanta, which he wanted to crash on the White House to kill President Nixon. When pilots Reese Doug Loftin and Fred Jones told him they could not take off until wheel blocks were removed he shot them both. After a standoff with police Byck committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
(22 February 1974)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 11th of December 1968 57 years ago
30-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 29. Aktion für das Westdeutsche Fernsehen in the studio of Otto Dresler in Moosach, Bayern, Germany. Nitsch' 29. Aktion für das Westdeutsche Fernsehen lasted five hours.