Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 May 2021

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

The plane ran off the end of the runway and burst into flames. Two flight attendants seated in the back of the cabin survived the crash and fire. A third flight attendant survived the disaster but later died in hospital. Andy Warhol painted his first 'disaster painting', '129 Die in Jet!' based on the 4 June 1962 cover of the New York Mirror, the day after the crash. At that time, the death count was 129.
(3 June 1962)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 11th of May 2021 5 years, 1 months and 19 days ago
Post-minimalist sculptor Richard Henry Nonas dies of arteriosclerosis at the age of 85 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.