2015 Event Nobel prize winning mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., 86, and his wife Alicia, 82, die after an accident in New Jersey in which their taxi lost control 2014 Event Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra Island, shooting toxic clouds of ash into the air; 15 people die, and the search continues for more victims and survivors 2013 Event Twenty people die on the island of Madagascar from bubonic plague, which is transmitted to humans via rat fleas; chronic overcrowding and unhygienic prison conditions are identified as the root cause of the outbreak 2013 Event Iran experiences a 5.6-magnitude earthquake 35 miles from the Bushehr nuclear plant, raising concerns over the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake; seven people die and 30 are injured 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event In China, two people die from H7N9 avian influenza infection. xH7N9 avian influenza is a sub-type that previously had not been transmitted to humans 2012 Event In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system 2012 Event An estimated 90 - 115 people die when an oil tanker in Okobge, Rivers State Nigeria crashes and explodes 2012 Event More than 1,000 birds, mostly pelicans and hundreds of dolphins die off the coast in the north of Paru, under unexplained circumstances 2011 Event First Air fails in an attempt to land a Boeing 737 in poor conditions; 12 of 15 people die after the plane crashes near Canada's Resolute Bay 2011 Event At least 20 Navy SEALs and 17 others die when a NATO Chinook helicopter crashes after being shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan 2011 Event In Bordeaux, France, and elderly woman becomes the first person to die from the recent e.coli outbreak 2011 Event In Germany, at least 10 people die from cucumbers infected with the deadly bacteria E. coli 2011 Event Over 5,000 red-winged blackbirds suddenly die in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year's Eve; scientists investigate causes of the bird die-off 2010 Event Over 250 people die as a result of the cholera outbreak in the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak; cholera is detected for the first time in Port-au-Prince 2010 Event In Uganda, 20 people die and 20,000 people are sickened by an outbreak of jiggers 2010 Event At least 47 people die in northern India from heavy monsoon rains and landslides in Uttrakhand state, Pitthoragarh, Chapawat and Uttarkashi regions 2010 Event Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months 2010 Event Extreme cold temperatures across Europe lead to 122 deaths in Poland, 7 die in Switzerland as the result of an avalanche 2004 Event At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid 2001 Event Eleven die after two trucks collide, head on, in a mountain tunnel in Switzerland 2001 Death Aaliyah, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million', dies in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, at age 22, in a plane crash 1998 Event 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt 1998 Event Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die 1997 Event Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1997 Event 73 Israelis die when army copters collide 1996 Event 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City 1996 Death Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die 1996 Event Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die 1995 Event American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive 1995 Event DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die 1995 Event Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die 1995 Event Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die 1995 Event 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1995 Event 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die 1995 Event DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives 1994 Event Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die 1994 Death Ernest Clark, actor (Pope Must Die, Gandhi), dies at 82 1994 Event Hana bridge is Seoul Korea crashes, 32+ die 1994 Event 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas 1994 Event U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die 1994 Event F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die 1994 Event 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum, Sudan 1993 Death Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 1993 Event Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die 1993 Event F-28 crashes at Sorong Irian Barat, 41 die 1993 Event Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) 1993 Event Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die 1993 Death George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash 1993 Event The Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas, is destroyed in a fire after 51-day stand-off; 76 people die, including 24 British nationals and 20 children 1993 Event Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die 1993 Event 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 1993 Event Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die 1993 Event Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die 1993 Event Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 1993 Event 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die 1993 Event Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die 1992 Event Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die 1992 Event Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die 1992 Event 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die 1992 Death Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die 1992 Event 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash, 13 die 1992 Event Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die 1992 Event Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die 1992 Event 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) 1992 Event El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) 1992 Event El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die 1992 Event Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die 1992 Event Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1992 Event 900 die in flood in Pakistan 1992 Event Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured 1992 Event Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die 1992 Event Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die 1992 Event Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die 1992 Event Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die 1992 Event Vickers Viscount crashes, 70 die 1992 Event 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka 1992 Event U.S. Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die 1992 Event 570 die in a Turkish earthquake 1992 Death Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure 1992 Event Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die 1991 Death Paul Maxwell, actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70 1991 Death Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55 1991 Event 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die 1991 Event Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die 1991 Event 24 die in a fire in Oakland, California 1991 Event 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die 1991 Event 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston 1991 Event Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes 1991 Event Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die 1991 Death Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75 1991 Event Nigerian DC-8 crashes near Saudi-Arabia, 261 die 1991 Event Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die 1991 Event 42 die in a train collision is Japan 1991 Event Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1991 Event 25 die as United Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs 1991 Event Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die 1991 Event Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die 1991 Event Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die 1990 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1990 Event Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later 1990 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die 1990 Event 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1990 Event Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die 1990 Event Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die 1990 Event 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria 1990 Event Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1990 Event Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1990 Event Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die 1990 Event 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines 1990 Event 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran 1990 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 Event 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru 1990 Event 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China 1990 Event Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1990 Event Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1990 Event Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1990 Event Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1990 Event Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die 1989 Event Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die 1989 Event U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1989 Event French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die 1989 Event Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die 1989 Death Mickey Leland, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989, and 15 others die in plane crash in Ethiopia 1989 Event Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die 1989 Event U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die 1989 Event U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die 1989 Event Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die 1988 Death Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59 1988 Event New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die 1988 Event 3 trains collide in London, 40 die 1988 Event Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) 1988 Event 900 die as earthquake hits China 1988 Event North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die 1988 Event 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1987 Event Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die 1987 Event 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 Event South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1987 Event 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 Event 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver 1987 Event 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes 1987 Event 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis 1987 Event Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die 1987 Event Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 1987 Event 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood, Comfort, Texas 1987 Event USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die 1987 Event 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw 1987 Event Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1987 Event 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md 1986 Event Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die 1986 Event Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1986 Event 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon 1986 Event Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die 1986 Event 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes 1985 Event 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash 1985 Event DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die 1985 Event 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta 1985 Event Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die 1985 Event 12,000 die and 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1) 1985 Event 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 1985 Event Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) 1985 Event 5 die in a train crash in Westminster, Colorado 1985 Event Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die 1985 Event Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die 1985 Event Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes, 21 die 1985 Event Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1985 Event Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot 1985 Death 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1985 Event Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die 1985 Event 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 1985 Event Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1985 Event Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) 1985 Event 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill 1984 Event 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India 1984 Event Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die 1984 Event 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India 1984 Event IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1984 Death Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure 1984 Event 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont 1984 Event 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1984 Event Tulsa, Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die 1984 Event Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die 1983 Event Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die 1983 Event 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas 1983 Death Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 1983 Event Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 1982 Event Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die 1982 Event 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1982 Event Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die 1982 Event Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1982 Event Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk, Netherlands, 17-22 die 1982 Event 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain 1982 Event Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die 1982 Event 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1982 Event Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1982 Event Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die 1982 Event Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1981 Event Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured 1981 Event Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded) 1981 Event 74 government officials die in attack in Iran 1980 Death Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die 1980 Event 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy 1980 Event MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1980 Event 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria 1980 Event Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die 1980 Event Train crash at Winsum, 9 die 1980 Event 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil 1980 Event Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die 1980 Event 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge 1980 Event U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1980 Event Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1980 Event Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) 1979 Death Nicolas Born, writer, wrote, 'Die Falschung', 'Die erdabgewandte Seite der Gerschichte', dies at 41 in Luchow-Dannenberg 1979 Event Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1979 Event Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die 1979 Event 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1979 Birthday Aaliyah, born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million' 1979 Event 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up 1978 Event 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York 1978 Event 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka 1978 Event PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die 1978 Event 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran 1978 Event 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 1978 Event 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1977 Event 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes 1977 Event 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash 1977 Death Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine 1977 Event 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1977 Event 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in New York City 1977 Event Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 Event 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife 1977 Event Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt) 1976 Event Train collision at Goes, Netherlands, 7 die 1976 Event 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince 1976 Event Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die 1976 Event Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1976 Event 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake 1976 Event 8.2 and 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die) 1976 Death Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease" 1976 Event Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage, 14 die 1975 Event Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die 1975 Event Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die 1975 Event 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1975 Event 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1974 Event Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) 1974 Event Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die 1974 Event Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 1974 Event 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil 1974 Event World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) 1974 Event 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 1973 Event Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die 1973 Event "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres 1973 Event "Live and Let Die" premieres in U.S. 1973 Event Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die" 1973 Event 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1973 Event Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1972 Event 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die 1972 Event Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die 1972 Event 45 die in a train crash in Chicago, Illinois 1972 Event Worst U.S. rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago 1972 Event Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die 1972 Event "Ain't Supposed to Die Death" closes at Barrymore New York City after 325 performances 1972 Event Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 1972 Event 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan) 1972 Event Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1972 Event Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die 1972 Event Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1971 Event "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per 1971 Event 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison 1971 Event 11 die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois 1971 Event Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 1971 Event Train crash at Duivendrecht, Netherlands, 5 die 1971 Event Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 1971 Event 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1971 Event 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California 1970 Event 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1970 Event Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die 1970 Event Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die 1970 Event At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die) 1970 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1970 Event 70 die in a snow crush (France) 1970 Event 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1970 Event 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 1970 Event Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die 1969 Event Chinese-Russian borders fight (approx 70 die) 1969 Event 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers 1968 Event 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran 1968 Event My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 Event Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1967 Event Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hour, 34 die 1967 Event Train crash at Beesd, 2 die 1967 Event 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) 1967 Event Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die 1967 Event 23 die in Newark race riot 1967 Death A J F Moody, 1st U.S. Army General to die in Vietnam 1966 Event 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass 1966 Event 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1966 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1966 Event 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales 1966 Event Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Birthday Sean Kinney, U.S. rock drummer, Alice in Chains-We Die Young 1966 Event Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die 1966 Event South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1966 Event 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die 1966 Event Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die 1966 Event Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die 1966 Event B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die 1966 Event 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain 1965 Event 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1965 Event Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die 1965 Birthday Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks 1965 Event Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die 1965 Event At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1965 Event 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia 1964 Event Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die) 1964 Event Gunter Grass' "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin 1964 Event Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 1964 Event Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1964 Event Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1963 Event Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die 1963 Event 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die 1963 Event 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1963 Event Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die 1963 Event Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die 1963 Event Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1963 Event Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 1962 Event 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran 1962 Event 19 die in a train crash in Steelton, Pennsylvania 1962 Event Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 Birthday Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1962 Event Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die 1962 Event 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 1962 Event Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1961 Event Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1961 Event Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1961 Event U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die 1961 Event Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1961 Event 80 die in collisions in Algiers 1961 Event Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die 1961 Event Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zurich 1960 Death Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69 1960 Event Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1960 Event Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die 1960 Event Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1960 Event Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die) 1960 Event 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo 1960 Event Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1960 Event Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die) 1960 Event 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1960 Event 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California 1960 Event Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die 1960 Event Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning 1959 Event Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1959 Event Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die 1959 Event Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1958 Event 48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport, New Jersey 1958 Event French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1958 Event 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1958 Death 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich 1957 Event 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan) 1957 Event Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die 1957 Event 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die 1957 Event Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 1957 Event 12 die in a train crash in Vroman, Colorado 1956 Birthday Hart Bochner, Toronto, actor, Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard 1956 Event 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM 1956 Event Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die 1956 Event Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die 1956 Event 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) 1956 Birthday Ava Cadell, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Do or Die 1956 Birthday Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die 1956 Event 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Massachusetts 1956 Event Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die 1956 Birthday Linda Grovenor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire 1956 Event 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles 1955 Death William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong), dies at 74 1955 Event Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 Event Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 Event Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die 1955 Birthday Bruce Willis, born in Penna Grove, New Jersey, actor, Moonlighting, Die Hard 1954 Birthday Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Event Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die 1954 Event Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1954 Event Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die 1954 Event Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 Death Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79 1954 Birthday Karen Anne Quinlan, born in New Jersey, famous comatose patient, right to die case 1954 Event Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die 1954 Event 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Death Emmerich Kalman, Hungarian composer (Die Zirkusprinzessin), dies at 71 1953 Event Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die 1953 Event Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die 1953 Event Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die 1953 Death Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 1953 Event Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die 1953 Birthday Steve Bond, born in Haifa, Israel, actor, General Hospital, To Die For 1953 Event 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio 1953 Event Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1953 Event "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die 1952 Event Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die 1952 Event French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die 1952 Event Worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die 1952 Birthday Reginald Veljohnson, actor, Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard 1952 Birthday Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1952 Event F Durrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi," premieres in Munich 1951 Event 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 Event 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 Birthday John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man 1950 Event 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY 1950 Event 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio 1950 Event 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 Event Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die 1950 Event 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York 1950 Event Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die 1949 Birthday [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard 1949 Event 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto 1949 Event 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 1949 Event Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die 1949 Event Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die 1949 Event Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1948 Event SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die 1948 Event 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania 1948 Death Alfred Kerr, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe', dies at 80 1948 Event I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die 1948 Event 4 Duluth Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in crash 1948 Birthday Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1948 Event Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die 1947 Event Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die 1947 Event Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia 1947 Event 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China 1947 Death Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 1947 Event 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa 1947 Event KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die 1947 Event Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die 1946 Event Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich 1946 Event Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die 1946 Event Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1946 Event 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 1946 Event Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die 1946 Event 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas 1946 Event 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa 1946 Event United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die 1946 Event 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay 1946 Event Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die 1946 Birthday Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1946 Birthday Tim Buckley, born in Washington D.C., rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1945 Event Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 Event U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die 1945 Birthday Frederica Von Stade, Somerville, New Jersey, mezzo-soprano, Die Zauberflote 1945 Event He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die 1945 Event Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die 1945 Event U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die 1945 Event "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die 1944 Event 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Birthday Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Event Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die 1944 Event German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die 1944 Event Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless 1944 Event Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die 1944 Event Hurricane hits New England: 389 die 1944 Event World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1944 Event 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut 1944 Death Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day 1944 Birthday Paul Gleason, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Breakfast CLub, Die Hard 1944 Event Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1944 Event U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die 1944 Birthday Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Event Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die 1943 Event Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1943 Event Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die 1943 Event Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die 1943 Death Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded 1942 Event RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die) 1942 Event 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston 1942 Event German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die 1942 Event Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) 1942 Event 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia 1942 Event British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die 1942 Death Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 1941 Event Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die 1941 Event Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1941 Event Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1940 Event Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die 1940 Event Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) 1940 Event German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die 1940 Event 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Company plant explodes, New Jersey 1940 Birthday Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die 1940 Event British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die 1940 Event German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die 1939 Event Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) 1939 Event Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die 1939 Event 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany 1939 Event 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany 1939 Event Russian Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die 1939 Event Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die 1939 Birthday Lucia Popp, Uhorska Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano, Die Zauberflote 1939 Event German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die 1939 Event Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 26 die 1938 Event Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die 1938 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1938 Event 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia 1937 Birthday Nicolas Born, born in Duisburg, Germany, writer, wrote, 'Die Falschung', 'Die erdabgewandte Seite der Gerschichte' 1937 Event Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die 1937 Death Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies 1937 Event Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die) 1937 Event Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die 1936 Birthday Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano, Die Walkure 1936 Event Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 1935 Death Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber 1935 Birthday Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility 1934 Event Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" 1934 Event Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Birthday Tom Baker, actor, Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror 1934 Event 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die 1933 Event Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die 1933 Birthday Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer, Die Teufel von Loudon 1933 Death Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1933 Event U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die 1932 Event Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1932 Birthday Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, Dutch writer, Dingen die niet Voorbijgaan 1932 Event 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall 1932 Event 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA 1930 Event Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro," premieres in Berlin 1930 Event British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die 1928 Birthday Anne Sexton, Newton Massachusetts, poet, Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967 1928 Event Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die 1928 Event 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident 1928 Event Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die 1928 Event Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die 1928 Event 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 1928 Event 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif) 1928 Death Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair 1927 Birthday Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Event Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die 1927 Event Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die 1927 Birthday Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor 1926 Event Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st U.S. Jewish soldier to die in WW I 1926 Event Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die 1926 Event Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1926 Event Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die 1925 Event Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die 1925 Event Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die 1925 Event 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses 1925 Birthday Giselher W. Kleber, German, opera, composer, Die Rauber 1925 Birthday Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor 1924 Event School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die 1924 Event Arnold Schonbergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna 1924 Event 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster 1924 Birthday Peter Vaughan, actor, Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling 1923 Event Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees 1923 Birthday Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Lwow Poland, conductor, Die Zauberflote 1923 Event French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1922 Event China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die 1922 Event Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1921 Event Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die 1921 Event British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die 1921 Birthday James Clifton, Spokane, Washington actor, Live and Let Die 1921 Event Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die) 1920 Event 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die 1920 Event Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1920 Event French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1919 Event Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin 1919 Event Frank Wedekind's "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit," premieres 1918 Event 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die 1918 Event 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn 1918 Event Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die 1918 Event Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1918 Event U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1918 Birthday Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter, Die Weisse Rose 1918 Event Franz Lehars opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest 1917 Event British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die 1917 Event Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1917 Event Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die 1917 Event Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die 1916 Event Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die 1916 Event 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near New Jersey shore (4 die) 1915 Event Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die 1915 Event Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 1915 Event Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die 1915 Event Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1915 Event 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1915 Event Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die 1914 Event Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die 1914 Event 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die 1914 Event Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 1914 Event German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die 1914 Death Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies 1914 Event Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die 1914 Event 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia 1914 Birthday Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die 1913 Event 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die 1912 Event SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die 1912 Event Over 1,500 people die when the British passenger ship, RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg 1912 Event Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die 1911 Event Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich 1911 Event Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1911 Event Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden 1911 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten," premieres in Berlin 1910 Event 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die 1910 Event 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1909 Event 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill 1908 Event Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die 1908 Event 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa 1908 Death Thomas E Selfridge, earlier U.S. aviator, 1st to die in an air crash 1908 Event Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die 1908 Event Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die 1907 Death Adolf Furtwangler, Germany archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53 1906 Birthday Wolfgang Staudte, German director, Die Morder sind unter uns 1906 Event Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die 1905 Death Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die 1905 Birthday Mary Renault, Mary Challens, writer, King Must Die, Funeral Games 1904 Event Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die) 1904 Event 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania 1903 Event Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die 1903 Death William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair 1903 Event Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) 1903 Birthday Tallulah Bankhead, Huntsville Ala, actress, Lifeboat, Die Die Darling 1902 Event Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die 1902 Event Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die 1902 Event British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die 1902 Birthday Max Kommerell, German literary/author, Die Gefangenen 1901 Birthday Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer, Die Zaubergeige 1901 Event 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 1900 Birthday Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only 1900 Event 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks, New Jersey, 326 die 1899 Death Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution 1899 Event Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1899 Death George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1898 Event Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 1898 Event French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with bark Cromartyshire, 560 die 1898 Event USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1896 Birthday John Urzidil, Austria/U.S. writer, Die erbeuteten Frauen 1896 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin 1896 Death Bridget Driscoll, 1st British to die in an auto-accident 1896 Birthday Hermann Kasack, German writer, Die Stadt hinter dem Strom 1896 Birthday Attila Horbiger, Austrian actor, Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika 1895 Birthday George Raft, born in New York City, actor, Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot 1895 Event Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die 1894 Event Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die 1894 Death Klara Fey, German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 1893 Event Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die 1892 Event Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1892 Event Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die 1891 Birthday Hans Albers, German actor, Die Nacht Gehort Uns 1891 Event Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die 1889 Event Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania 1889 Event 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die 1888 Birthday Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist, Die Oden Salomons 1888 Event 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) 1887 Event Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1887 Event French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die 1886 Event 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1886 Birthday Paul Tillich, German/U.S. theologist, Die sozial Entscheidung 1883 Birthday Martin Dibelius, German theologist, Die Lade Jahwes 1883 Event SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die 1883 Death Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkure), dies at 69 in Venice 1882 Event French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die 1882 Event Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die 1882 Event 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 1882 Event Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 1881 Birthday William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director, Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong 1881 Event Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die 1881 Event Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die 1881 Event River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die 1881 Event Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1880 Birthday Ernst L. Kirchner, German painter, Die Brucke 1879 Event British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die 1878 Event England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die 1876 Event 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die 1876 Event Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die 1874 Birthday Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist, Die antike Kunst 1874 Event "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed, in Vienna 1874 Event Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna 1874 Event General J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die 1873 Event British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1873 Event Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die 1872 Event Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague 1871 Event Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1870 Event Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1870 Event Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich) 1870 Event Constantinople in fire; 900 die 1867 Birthday Alfred Kerr, born in Breslau, Silesia, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe' 1867 Event Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1866 Event Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) 1866 Event Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1866 Birthday Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1865 Event Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die 1864 Event Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1864 Event Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1864 Event Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 Confederate, 3641 U.S. die 1863 Event Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic 1863 Event Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in New York City; about 1,000 die 1863 Event CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die 1862 Event Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die 1862 Event Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1859 Event Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die 1859 Death Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57 1858 Event Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1858 Birthday Ludwig Wullner, German actor/baritone, Die Burgschaft, Prometheus 1857 Event Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar 1857 Event Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1857 Event 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1857 Event Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 1856 Event John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die 1855 Event Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 die 1854 Event Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1854 Event Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die 1854 Event Steamship San Francisco wrecked - 300 die 1852 Event Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau 1852 Event Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die 1852 Event British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1851 Event Most of San Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die 1850 Event Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) 1850 Event Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio, 206 die 1850 Event Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1849 Event Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres 1846 Event Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die 1843 Event Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig 1842 Event Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die 1842 Event Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1841 Event Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1841 Death William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68 1840 Event Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) 1839 Event Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die 1837 Event Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die 1837 Birthday Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, die graue Eminenz 1836 Event Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1835 Event Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die 1833 Event Train derails at Hightstown, New Jersey; 2 die 1833 Event Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin 1831 Event Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die 1827 Birthday John Wesley Frazer, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1906 1822 Event Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die 1821 Event Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 1820 Event Opera "Die Jagarsbraut" is completed 1820 Event Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1818 Birthday Otto Ludwig, German writer, Die Heiterethei 1817 Event Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna 1812 Death George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President, dies at 73 1st Vice President to, die in office 1812 Event Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die 1808 Event Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna 1807 Event Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die 1807 Event 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England 1807 Event Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die 1806 Birthday Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1862 1805 Event Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1803 Event Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar 1802 Birthday Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet, Faust, Die Albigenser 1801 Event 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" 1801 Event Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig 1800 Event English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 1799 Birthday August Kopisch, German writer, Die Heinzelmannchen von Koln 1799 Event Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna 1799 Event Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini," premieres in Weimar 1798 Birthday Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor and playwright, Die Vagabunden 1791 Birthday Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer, Golt Und Die Natur 1785 Event 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident 1785 Birthday Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner 1783 Death Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66 1780 Event Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die 1776 Event Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1776 Death Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1775 Event Gotthold Lessing's "Die Juden," premieres in Frankfurt-am-Main 1770 Event Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1764 Death Picander, Christian Henrici, German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies 1756 Event 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 1754 Event 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die" 1746 Event Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die 1732 Birthday Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer, Die Schopfung 1732 Birthday Franz Josef Haydn, born in Austria, composer, Die Schopfung 1731 Event Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die 1710 Birthday Konrad E Ackermann, German actor, Die Oberpfalz 1703 Event Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die 1694 Event Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die 1678 Event French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die 1666 Event Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die 1626 Event Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die 1622 Event Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die 1621 Event Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die 1600 Event Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die 1596 Event Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 1559 Event 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1545 Event King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 1542 Death Gerardus Noviomagus, Gerrit Geldenhauer, Dutch theologist, die at 59 1531 Event Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1528 Event Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1526 Event Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1461 Event Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1456 Event Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1393 Event Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) 1382 Event Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die) 532 Event Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die 526 Event Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die 365 Event Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die 79 Event Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
