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** Paris and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 ( Boeing 747 ) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board.
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** Otto of Paris ( 956 – 965 )
** The Grande Arche, commonly known as Arche de la Défense, in Paris
** Disneyland Paris
** External Debt Crisis, 1982 – 1990, the external debt crisis and Paris Club re-scheduling and debt reduction.
** Harpsichord by Pleyel et Cie, Paris, 1928
** Landry of Paris
** Germain of Paris
** Place du Panthéon in Paris, home of the Paris Law Faculty and now used in the names of two of the thirteen successor universities to the University of Paris-Pantheon-Sorbonne and Pantheon-Assas
** Paris Peace Accords, 1973 attempt to resolve the War in Vietnam
** Mrs. Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home ; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse from Paris.
** The giant German cannon, the so-called Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from away.
** MGM's Technicolor musical film, An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, premieres in New York.
** An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes in the Azores island of São Miguel.
** In Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, in response to rumours ( which are true ) that he is seeking to end the French alliance system in Eastern Europe, gives a speech highlighting his government's commitment to the cordon sanitaire.
** At a meeting in Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet meets with Soviet Ambassador Jakob Suritz, and suggests that a " peace front " comprising France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Poland and Romania would deter Germany from war.
** French aviator Henri Seimet makes the first nonstop flight from Paris to London, in three hours.
** A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
** Liberation of Paris: The Allies enter Paris, successfully completing Operation Overlord.
** German surrender of Paris: General Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Allies in defiance of Hitler ’ s orders to destroy it.
** and TWA
** New York air disaster: a United Airlines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City.
** TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome, is hijacked by a Hezbollah fringe group.
** TWA British Commonwealth Championship ( 2 times )
** TWA British Welterweight Championship ( 2 times )
** TWA British Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times )
** TWA European Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time )
** TWA British Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) – with Robbie Brookside
** TWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) – with Billy Gunn
** TWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) – with B. G.
** TWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) – with Busta
** TWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time )-with Larry Winters
** TWA Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time )
** TWA Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time )
** TWA Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time )
** TWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time )
** The fictional airline in the movie, ATW ( American Travelways ), is an anagram of TWA ( Trans World Airlines ), however TWA flight 847 was operated using a Boeing 727 while ATW 282 in the movie was a Boeing 707-139 ( B ) ( Registration N778PA ).
** TWA Terminal Building, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York
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** Flight dynamics, the science of aircraft and spacecraft design
** Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension: Select Essays 1944-1968 New World Library, 3rd ed.
** Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.
** TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes at Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
** Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia, killing all 100 passengers and crew on board.
** Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard ; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
** Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into Mt.
** Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
** An air crash in Indonesia ( likely caused by smoke rising from numerous forest fires in the area ) kills 235 people ( see Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 ).
** The U. S. Navy blimp L-8 ( Flight 101 ) comes ashore near San Francisco, eventually coming down in Daly City ( the crew is missing ).
** Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.
** At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 ( a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 ( a Boeing 727 ) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.
** Faucett Flight 251 in route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa ; all 123 people on board are killed.
** Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
** A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner ( Swissair Flight 111 ) crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en-route to Geneva ; all 229 people on board are killed.
** Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all on board ( the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history ).
** A lightning strike causes the crashing of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, killing 81 people.
** Cubana Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados.
** American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Electra heading from Chicago to New York City, crashes into the East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.
** Thai Airways Flight 311 operated by Airbus A310-300 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
** China General Aviation Flight 7552 bound for Xiamen crashes soon after taking off from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108 of the 116 people on board.
** A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border, killing 143.
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