Sputnik 5 safely returned to Earth, and the dogs survived the mission. A puppy born to one of the dogs was later presented as a gift to first-lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. (1980)
The circumstances that led to this massive loss of life were unbelievable.
The fire started on board the plane when a religious pilgrim aboard the plane decided that he wanted a hot cup of tea. How did he get his tea? He lit his portable stove in the aisle of the plane. The flame spread out of control, and the plane headed back to Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely.
At this point the plane should have been evacuated, and all or most people aboard saved.
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A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. (2003)
Among the victims were a mother and her baby from New Square, NY. The baby was a ben zekunim to his parents, and his married siblings were among those who sat shiva.
The bomber was married and had children, which was unusual since the usual suicide bomber is a young unmarried man who is brainwashed into his murderous attack with the promises of an eternal shmutz-and-taiva-party as his reward.
The brutality of the attack, and the number of children who were victims were among the reasons that this got more than the minimal world attention usually given to anti-Semitic terror.