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“The Superga air disaster” which occurred on 4 May 1949. A Fiat G 212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team, popularly known as the Grande Torino, crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, which stands on a hill on the outskirts of Turin. All thirty-one people on the flight died[/caption]
“The Superga air disaster” which occurred on 4 May 1949. A Fiat G 212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team, popularly known as the Grande Torino, crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, which stands on a hill on the outskirts of Turin. All thirty-one people on the flight died[/caption]
1949 - Air crash at Turijn which killed the whole Torino-soccer team
1981 - South African cricketer Jacques Rudolph was born. He scored 222 in his Test debut against Bangladesh
1990 - Second ODI hat-trick for Wasim Akram. He cleaned up the last three wickets to win the finals against Australia in the Austral-Asia Cup
1994 - Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II