Pan Am Flight 7 was a westbound round-the-world flight operated by Pan American World Airways that crashed in the Pacific Ocean on November 8, 1957, while flying from San Francisco International Airport to Honolulu International Airport. The crash of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-29 (example pictured) killed all thirty-six passengers and eight crew members. The flight's fate was not known until about nine hours after its last radio transmission. No emergency radio reports were received. The United States Coast Guard launched an extensive week-long search for the plane and survivors. The bodies of 19 of the victims and pieces of the plane were eventually recovered about 900 nautical miles (1,000 mi; 1,700 km) northeast of Honolulu. Although theories about the cause of the crash included sabotage, poor maintenance, and fire, the final report from the Civil Aeronautics Board, who conducted the official investigation, concluded that the board did not have enough evidence to determine the cause of the accident.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1754:

French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens at the Battle of Jumonville Glen (depicted). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen

1937:

The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Neville_Chamberlain

1998:

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagai-I

2002:

An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relocation_of_Wimbledon_F.C._to_Milton_Keynes

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pyroballogy: (weaponry, obsolete, rare) The study of artillery; the practice of using artillery as a weapon. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pyroballogy

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

As you all are aware there was another mass shooting today, this time in my home town of Uvalde, Texas. Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us. … As Americans, Texans, mothers and fathers, it's time we re-evaluate, and renegotiate our wants from our needs. We have to rearrange our values and find a common ground above this devastating American reality that has tragically become our children’s issue. This is an epidemic we can control, and whichever side of the aisle we may stand on, we all know we can do better. We must do better. Action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in Uvalde and the others before them have endured.   --Matthew McConaughey https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_McConaughey