Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 January 1960

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 (-) Tuesday 12th of January 1960 64 years ago
Writer and aeronautical engineer Nevil Shute born as Nevil Shute Norway dies of a stroke at the age of 61 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.