Hughes died on board an aircraft owned by Robert Graf and piloted by Jeff Abrams en route from his penthouse at the Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital. Hughes was in extremely poor physical condition at the time of his death in as much that the FBI had to resort to fingerprints to identify the body. (5 April 1976)
There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Wednesday 11th of May 1960 (x) — SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Israeli Mossad living under the assumed name of Ricardo Klement.
Saturday 4th of July 1992 (-) — Composer and bandoneon player Ástor Piazzolla dies of a cerebral hemorrhage. Piazzolla suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell in a coma on 4 August 1990 in Paris. He never regained conciousness until his death.