Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 September 1953

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

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the airplane's departure from normal cruise flight and subsequent impact with the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the 59-year-old relief First Officer Gameel Al-Batouti's flight control inputs. The reason for the relief First Officer's actions was not determined.
(31 October 1999)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 28th of September 1953 73 years, 4 months and 1 days ago
Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Powell Hubble dies of cerebral thrombosis at the age of 64 in San Marino, California, United States. No funeral was held for Hubble and his wife Grace never revealed his burial site.