Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 December 2008

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

Byck shot and killed Maryland Aviation Administration Police officer George Neal Ramsburg before storming aboard Delta Air Lines DC-9 Flight 523 to Atlanta, which he wanted to crash on the White House to kill President Nixon. When pilots Reese Doug Loftin and Fred Jones told him they could not take off until wheel blocks were removed he shot them both. After a standoff with police Byck committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
(22 February 1974)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 24th of December 2008 16 years ago
Writer and playwright Harold Pinter dies of liver cancer at the age of 78 in Hammersmith Hospital, Hammersmith, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.