Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 August 1945

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

Most of the 139 passengers on the charter flight were women-members of the Axbridge Ladies Guild on a shopping trip to Basel, Switzerland. There were 37 survivors.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 16th of August 1945 81 years, 10 months and 7 days ago
Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi aka The Father of the Kamikaze commits suicide by Seppuku at the age of 54 in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Ōnishi did not use a kaishakunin (second), and died of self-inflicted injuries over a period of 15 hours.