Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 February 1967

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

Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 collided with two other aircraft while attempting to land. The hijacked aircraft struck a parked China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 first and then collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 2812 Boeing 757 waiting to take off, fipping onto its back. The plane was hijacked by 21-year-old Jiang Xiaofeng who was seeking political asylum in Taiwan.
(2 October 1990)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 18th of February 1967 59 years, 1 months and 6 days ago
Theoretical physicist Robert Julius Oppenheimer aka The Father of the Atomic Bomb dies of throat cancer at the age of 63 in Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Oppenheimer was diagnosed with throat cancer in late 1965 and underwent unsuccessful radiation treatment and chemotherapy. He fell into a coma on 15 February 1967.