Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 August 1961

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

Rossouw was led away to the gallows singing Nearer my God to Thee.
(20 June 1962)

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

There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 3rd of August 1961 65 years, 6 months and 21 days ago
38-year-old hijacker Leonard Bearden and his 16-year-old son Cody are the first men ever to sky-jack a commercial Continental Airlines Flight 54 Boeing 707 to Cuba in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Bearden's adventure ended in El Paso when a dozen federal agents opened fire with submachine guns, shredding the jet’s landing gear and destroying one of its engines during takeoff after a refuel.