1961 ⟶ UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld Killed in Plane Crash
September 18: UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in ...
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Yemen✈️ Philippine President Magsaysay Killed in Plane Crash
March 17: Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others are killed in a plane crash.⟶
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Philippines✈️ UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld Killed in Plane Crash
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🪖 Assassination of Patrice Lumumba Triggers Congo Crisis
January 17: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba begins the Congo Crisis.⟶
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United States✈️ Soviet Downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007
September 1: Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a scheduled flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska, is shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor, resulting in 269 fatalities and no survivors. This leads to the declassification of GPS development.⟶
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South KoreaUnited States✈️ Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Over Lockerbie
December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a bomb and falls over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 people on-board, leaving no survivors, and 11 in town.⟶
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