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April 29, 1952
On April 29, 1952, pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people. Simon Cowell, Louka Katseli, Gerald Early would arrive in the same year.
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Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.
Pan American World Airways Flight 202 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that crashed in the Amazon Basin about 281 nautical miles southwest of Carolina, Brazil, on April 29, 1952. The accident happened en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the third leg of a four-leg journey. All 50 people on board were killed in the deadliest-ever accident involving the Boeing 377.
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Around 1952
The year in brief
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
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What happened
On April 29, 1952
- 1952 — Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.
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The class of 1952
Others born in 1952
SC Simon Cowell 1952– English conservationist and author (died 2024)
LK Louka Katseli 1952– Greek economist and politician
GE Gerald Early 1952– American author and academic
CG Cheryl Gillan 1952– British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales (died 2021)
MC Marilyn Chambers 1952– American actress
JD Junkyard Dog 1952– American professional wrestler (died 1998) Keep going
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