Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Memphis, Tennessee, United States || Lorraine Motel

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The flight was designed and marketed as a unique sightseeing experience, carrying an experienced Antarctic guide who pointed out scenic features and landmarks using the aircraft public-address system, while passengers enjoyed a low-flying sweep of McMurdo Sound. The flights left and returned to New Zealand the same day.
(28 November 1979)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

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Lorraine Motel

450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

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Thursday 4th of April 1968 (-) — Activist and African-American Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King is shot dead by James Earl Ray aka The Man Who Shot Martin Luther King
King stood on the motel's second-floor balcony when the bullet entered through his right cheek, smashing his jaw, then traveled down his spinal cord before lodging in his shoulder. After emergency chest surgery, King was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7.05 pm.