Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Hughes, Howard

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

As he stood in the death chamber waiting to be strapped into the electric chair Wood grinned at the witnesses and said, “Gents, this is an educational project. You are about to witness the damaging effect electricity has on Wood. Enjoy yourselves.”
(21 March 1963)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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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		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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