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TIL one of the first casualties in the construction of the Hoover dam was John Tierney, who drowned on December 20, 1921. Then exactly 14 years later on December 20, 1935, the job site suffered its last fatality when a worker fell off an intake tower. That man was Patrick Tierney, John‘s only son.
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TIL of the 1994 San Marino grand prix. An Austrian driver, Roland Ratzenberger, died during the qualification stage. During the race, Ayrton Senna crashed and died while he was in the lead. A new set of safety standards were introduced and the next Formula One fatality would only occur in 2014.
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TIL In 1967 Michael J. Adams (Maj USAF) flew an X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles and qualified as an astronaut according to the U.S. definition of the boundary of space. Moments later the craft broke apart, killing Adams and destroying the X-15-3. He was the first American space mission fatality.
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