Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 March 1951

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

United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 8:42 a.m. en route to San Francisco International Airport with a crew of seven and 37 passengers, not including four hijackers. The hijacking began at 09:28. A passenger revolt began at 09:57 after the passengers voted on whether to act. At 10:03 the plane crashed into a field near a reclaimed coal strip mine. The three other hijackers were 20-year-old Ahmed al-Haznawi, 24-year-old Ahmed al-Nami and 21-year-old Saeed al-Ghamdi.
(11 September 2001)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 8th of March 1951 73 years ago Her Love Story Ended Electric
Serial killer Martha Beck born as Martha Jule Seabrook aka The Lonely Hearts Killers (with Raymond Fernandez) is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 31 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States. Beck's last words were "My story is a love story. But only those tortured by love can know what I mean [...] Imprisonment in the Death House has only strengthened my feeling for Raymond...."