Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 June 1964

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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Tuesday 16th of June 1964
62 years, 0 months and 28 days ago

Keith Bennett is abducted and strangled by serial killers the Moors Murderers aka Ian Brady and Myra Hindley at the age of 12 in Longsight, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Bennett was buried on Saddleworth Moor and never found.