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Libyan Arab Airline Flight 114 was lost and entered Israeli-controlled airspace over the Sinai Peninsula, where it was intercepted by two Israeli F-4 Phantom IIs, and was shot down after refusing to co-operate. There were six survivors.
(21 February 1973)
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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 23rd of February 1944 81 years ago |
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 Chemist Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland aka The Father of the Plastics Industry dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81 in Craig Hause, Beacon, New York, United States. Baekeland became a recluse, eating all of his meals from cans and becoming obsessed with developing an immense tropical garden on his winter estate in Coconut Grove, Florida. |
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