Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 August 1945

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)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 16th of August 1945 81 years, 7 months and 1 days ago
Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi aka The Father of the Kamikaze commits suicide by Seppuku at the age of 54 in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Ōnishi did not use a kaishakunin (second), and died of self-inflicted injuries over a period of 15 hours.