The fluid in one of the Bennington's catapults leaked out and was detonated by the flames of a jet causing the forward part of the flight deck to explode, setting off a series of secondary explosions. (26 May 1954)
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Sunday 23rd of December 1979 (-) — Art collector, bohemian and socialite Peggy Guggenheim dies of a stroke. Guggenheim's ashes are buried in the garden of the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice next to her beloved dogs.