Sept. 1, 1983:
Two members of Congress die on the same day. Rep. Larry McDonald (D-GA) is killed when the Soviets shoot down a Korean airliner; hours later, Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA) dies of a heart attack.
A Soviet fighter plane shoots down a Korean civilian airliner that kills 269 passengers. Among the Americans on the plane is Rep. Larry McDonald (D-GA), a fierce anti-Communist. Moscow insists that the plane veered over Soviet air space.
Later in the day, Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA), a two-time Democratic presidential candidate and one of the Senate's leading defense hawks, dies of a massive heart attack, not long after a trip to Asia. Jackson, in Congress 42 years, was 71.
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