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October 3, 2021

On October 3, 2021, eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy. The year's #1 song was "Levitating" by Dua Lipa. Princess Lilibet of Sussex, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, Princess Lilibet of Sussex would arrive in the same year.

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2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.

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On October 3, 2021

  1. 2021 Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.

    2021 aviation accident in Italy

    On 3 October 2021, a Romanian private plane crashed into a building in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. All eight occupants of the aircraft were killed, including the Romanian businessman and billionaire Dan Petrescu, who owned and piloted the plane.

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Died on October 3, 2021

Todd Akin American politician (1947–2021)
Dan Petrescu Romanian businessman and billionaire (1953–2021)

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