16 December 1997 Posted on December 15, 2013 by Staff Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert in United Arab Emirates, killing 85. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age." Dwight Eisenhower — Click here for more from Dwight Eisenhower Related posts: 18 June 1940 7 December 1987 24 January 1943 24 December 1997 15 December 1997 22 December 2001 6 September 1997 6 January 1960 11 May 1997 31 August 1997