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April 4, 2011

On April 4, 2011, georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32. The year's #1 song was "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele. Violet McGraw, Lil Bub, Violet McGraw would arrive in the same year.

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2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.

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On April 4, 2011

  1. 2011 Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32.

    2011 aviation accident in Democratic Republic of the Congo

    On 4 April 2011, Georgian Airways Flight 834, a Bombardier CRJ100 passenger jet of Georgian Airways operating a domestic flight from Kisangani to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), crashed while attempting to land at Kinshasa Airport. The aircraft, which was chartered by the United Nations, was trying to land during a thunderstorm. Of the 33 people on board, only one person survived.

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Died on April 4, 2011

Scott Columbus American heavy metal band
Ned McWherter American politician
Juliano Mer-Khamis Palestinian-Israeli actor

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Violet McGraw 2011– American actress
Lil Bub 2011– American celebrity cat (died 2019)
Violet McGraw 2011– American actress
Lil Bub 2011– American celebrity cat (died 2019)
Violet McGraw 2011– American actress
Lil Bub 2011– American celebrity cat (died 2019)

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