Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 December 1997

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Fromme stood a little more than an arm's length from Ford and pointed a M1911 pistol at him. Her gun failed to fire and no one was injured. Fromme spent 34 years in prison for her assassination attempt and was released on 14 August 2009 – two years and eight months after Ford's death.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 19th of December 1997 28 Years Ago
104 Die in SilkAir Boeing 737-36N Flight 185 crash in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The time it took the aircraft to dive from cruise altitude to the river was less than one minute. The plane was traveling faster than the speed of sound for a few seconds before impact. Due to the high speed the entire aircraft and passengers disintegrated upon impact. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185