BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
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Business magnate, aviator, aerospace engineer, film director and eccentric
Howard Robard Hughes


  • 24 December 1905 (+) is born in Houston, United States.

  • 11 July 1936 (x) hits and kills pedestrian Gabriel S. Meyer with his car in Los Angeles, United States.

  • 7 July 1946 (x) crashes with his own designed XF-11 spy-aircraft in Los Angeles, United States.

  • 2 November 1947 (x) makes the first and only flight of his own designed H-4 Hercules 'Spruce Goose' largest ever flying boat in Los Angeles, United States.

  • 5 April 1976 (-) dies of kidney failure in Houston, United States.


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