🚨Plane Crashes at Orly Airport in Paris, 130 Dead
June 3, 1962 - One hundred thirty persons were killed today when an Air France Boeing 707 jet crashed and burned while taking off for New...
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May 26, 2022
FBI Investigating Iowa Plane Crash That Killed 45
May 26, 1962 - An explosion of unknown origin caused a Continental Airlines jetliner to disintegrate in flight and crash in the vicinity...
Mar 1, 2022
Fifteen Paintings by Gorky Lost in Plane Crash Today
Mar. 1, 1962 - A collection of about 15 works by the late Arshile Gorky (pictured) were reported this evening to have been lost in the...
Feb 1, 2022
95 Dead in Jamaica Bay Plane Crash
Mar. 1, 1962 - Ninety-five persons were killed today in a jet airliner crash in Jamaica Bay, New York City. It was the highest toll...
Jan 31, 2022
Two Flying Wallendas Killed During Michigan Show
Jan. 31, 1962 - Two members of the Flying Wallendas circus high-wire act lost their lives last night in a fall as the troupe performed at...
Sep 1, 2021
🚨TWA Airliner Crashes Near Chicago, 78 Dead
Sept. 1, 1961 - A TWA Lockheed Constellation airliner plunged into a cornfield 20 miles west of Chicago today, killing all 78 persons...
Jul 18, 2021
Ex-Con Claims to have Caused 1937 School Explosion that Killed 293 in Texas
July 18, 1961 - A lie detector test proved inconclusive today on an ex-convict who said he had unintentionally caused a 1937 Texas school...
Jul 18, 2021
Wife of State Dept. Chief of Protocol Killed in Plane Crash
July 18, 1961 - Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke (pictured left, holding her daughter Maria-Luisa in 1955), wife of the State Department's Chief...
Jul 5, 2021
New Record for July 4th Traffic Deaths
July 5, 1961 - A total of 509 persons died in traffic accidents over the 4-day Independence Day weekend, a record for any similar summer...
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