Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 July 1945

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

There is an urban legend that Elliot choked to death in a ham sandwich. The Who drummer Keith Moon died of a drug overdose also at 32 years old in the same flat four years later.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 28th of July 1945 79 years ago She Fell 75 Stories
Lieutenant-colonel and pilot William Franklin Smith crashes the Old John Feather Merchant US B-25 Mitchell bomber into 78th and 80th floors at the age of 27 in Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. Fourteen people were killed: Smith, Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich and Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate Albert Perna and eleven people in the building. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was injured when the cables supporting her elevator sheared and the elevator fell 75 stories, ending up in the basement. Oliver survived the fall and rescuers found her amongst the rubble. This still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall.