Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 August 1966

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

The plane ran off the end of the runway and burst into flames. Two flight attendants seated in the back of the cabin survived the crash and fire. A third flight attendant survived the disaster but later died in hospital. Andy Warhol painted his first 'disaster painting', '129 Die in Jet!' based on the 4 June 1962 cover of the New York Mirror, the day after the crash. At that time, the death count was 129.
(3 June 1962)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 27th of August 1966 60 years, 3 months and 25 days ago
Urban planner and pioneer of modern architecture Le Corbusier born as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris dies of a heart attack at the age of 79 in Le Cabanon, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Against his doctor's orders Le Corbusier went swimming in the Mediterranean Sea and was found by bathers.