The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that the accident was due to "the pilot's unwise decision to embark on a flight" that required instrument flying skills he had not proved to have. (3 February 1959)
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Tuesday 17th of August 1915 (-) — Alleged child killer Leo Frank is lynched by a mob of prominent citizens calling themselves 'The Knights of Mary Fagan'. Several photographs were taken of the lynching, which were published and sold as postcards in local stores for 25 cents each, a common practice after lynchings, along with pieces of the rope, Frank's nightshirt, and branches from the tree.