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Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.

2024

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South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.

2023

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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.

2020

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A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.

2013

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Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.

2013

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A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.

2012

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The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

2006

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The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

2003

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Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.

1998

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Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

1996

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Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.

1994

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Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

1992

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Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

1989

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The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.

1989

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A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.

1975

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Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

1972

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In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.

1940

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The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

1937

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Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

1934

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Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

1930

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Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.

1913

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Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

1911

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Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

1890

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The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

1876

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The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

1874

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American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.

1862

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The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

1860

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The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.

1845

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The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

1835

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USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.

1812

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American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.

1778

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According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.

1607

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The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.

1503

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Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

1170

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