Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1786

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

Neither airline was originally due to be at the airport but both were diverted from the much bigger Las Palmas airport on nearby Gran Canaria island after a terrorist bomb blast near the departure lounge. 61 people survived. The crash is the deadliest accident in aviation history.
(27 March 1977)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 17th of August 1786 238 years ago
Folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician Davy David Crockett aka King of the Wild Frontier is born in Limestone, Tennessee, United States.