The pilot, 32-year-old Younes Khayati deliberately crashed the aircraft because of a flight union dispute. Among the forty passengers on board were a Kuwaiti Prince and his wife. (21 August 1994)
There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Thursday 21st of June 1979 (-) — Musician, poet and occultist Angus MacLise dies of starvation and pulmonary tuberculosis.
Wednesday 17th of September 2003 (x) — Serial killer Charles Sobhraj is recognised in a street by a journalist. Sobhraj still had a warrant out for the 1975 murders of 29-year-old Connie Bronzich and 26-year-old Laurent Ormond Carrière. He was arrested two days later.
Friday 20th of August 2004 (x) — Serial killer Charles Sobhraj is sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1975 murders of 29-year-old Connie Bronzich and 26-year-old Laurent Ormond Carrière. Sobhraj was recognised in a street of Kathmandu by a journalist on 17 September 2003 and arrested two days later.