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Phillips' body was found on 13 July in Pescadero Canyon.
(30 June 1969)

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

There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2071 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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Empire State Building

350 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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Friday 1st of May 1931 (x) — The Empire State Building is officially opened by 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover
Actually President Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights with the push of a button from Washington, D.C.
Saturday 28th of July 1945 (-) — Lieutenant-colonel and pilot William Smith crashes the Old John Feather Merchant US B-25 Mitchell bomber into 78th and 80th floors
Fourteen people were killed: Smith, Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich and Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate Albert Perna and eleven people in the building. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was injured when the cables supporting her elevator sheared and the elevator fell 75 stories, ending up in the basement. Oliver survived the fall and rescuers found her amongst the rubble. This still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall.