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Tragedy Hits the Bevington Family

June 3, 1962 - The three small children of Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Bevington have one parent alive today — their father — because their parents...

Cause of Paris Plane Crash a Mystery

June 3, 1962 - The destruction of an Air France Boeing 707 jet today at Orly Airport took place in bright sunlight and with barely a...

🚨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...

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...

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...

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...

Montana Governor Dead in Plane Crash

Jan. 25, 1962 - Montana Governor Donald G. Nutter (pictured center) and five persons were missing and presumed dead today in a plane...

Plane Crashes in Virginia, 77 Dead

Nov. 8, 1961 - A chartered airliner carrying Army recruits to a training camp crashed and burned 10 miles southeast of Richmond, Va.,...

🚨Dag Hammarskjold Killed in African Plane Crash

Sept. 18, 1961 - U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was killed today with 12 other persons in the crash of a plane carrying him to a...

🚨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...

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...