2006 Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq
2004 Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors
2001 Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168
2001 The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride
2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation
1999 Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves
1998 Adem Jasari, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed
1998 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed, 1 killed
1997 Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56
1997 Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
1996 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in U.S. this year
1996 Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25
1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
1996 David Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont
1995 Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham and Diane Zamora, at 16
1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1995 Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
1995 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
1995 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured
1995 Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
1995 Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed
1994 Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed
1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, [Butcher of Milwaukee], killer, killed in prison at 34
1994 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed
1994 Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests)
1994 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
1994 Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed
1994 American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed
1994 Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed
1994 Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them)
1994 Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed
1994 160 killed at battles in Tsjetsjenie
1994 Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed
1994 Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed
1994 Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed
1994 Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
1994 Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed
1994 Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed
1994 Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed
1994 Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
1994 Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed
1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed
1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed
1994 Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed
1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill
1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
1994 Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon, Panama, 21 killed
1994 Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
1994 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed
1994 U.S. Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina, 37 killed
1994 Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed)
1994 Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France, 7 killed
1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives)
1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed
1994 Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed
1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed
1994 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed
1994 Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland, 29 killed
1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1994 Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed
1994 Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1994 Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed
1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1994 Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed
1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1994 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed
1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
1994 Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 killed
1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
1994 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed
1994 Maronite church near Beirut bombed, 10 killed
1994 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt
1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed
1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed
1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed
1993 Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed
1993 Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1993 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria
1993 Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England
1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
1993 Algerian Moslem fundamentalists uprising, 27 killed
1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
1993 Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
1993 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast
1993 IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed
1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed
1993 Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed
1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed
1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
1993 Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives
1993 Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed
1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed
1993 Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed
1993 Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed
1993 Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg
1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45
1993 Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed
1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
1993 British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed
1993 Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed
1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
1993 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
1993 David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47
1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed
1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia
1992 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad
1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
1991 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament
1991 Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan
1991 In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless
1991 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes
1991 Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46
1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa
1990 Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian
1990 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia
1990 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
1989 Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
1989 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
1989 Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed
1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed
1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
1988 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed
1988 Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless)
1988 Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
1988 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
1988 Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash
1988 Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed
1988 Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38
1988 Adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident
1988 Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon
1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1988 U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed
1987 IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed
1987 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA
1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
1987 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado
1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1987 Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29
1987 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed
1986 150 killed during race riot in Karachi
1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed
1986 Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22
1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed
1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
1986 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed
1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed
1986 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed
1986 Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked U.S. B-747, 19 killed
1986 Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed
1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
1986 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
1986 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid
1986 Battles in Beirut; 53 killed
1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986 Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25
1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1986 U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
1986 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed
1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb
1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1985 Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1985 Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed
1985 Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley
1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
1985 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
1985 Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed
1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed
1985 Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed
1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1985 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
1985 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain
1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
1984 Indira Gandhi, India PM, killed by her bodyguards
1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed
1984 Leamon Hunt, U.S. director-General in Sinai, killed by communists
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured
1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1983 U.S. Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut
1983 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila
1983 Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
1983 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx
1983 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
1982 Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed
1982 Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb
1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53
1982 Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky
1981 Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
1981 Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel Kansas City caves in (113 killed)
1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed
1981 Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed
1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed
1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
1980 Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
1980 William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup
1980 Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris
1980 Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69
1979 Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
1979 U.S. DC-10 crashes at Mexico-City, 74 killed
1979 Nur Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), killed
1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed
1979 Thurmon Munson, New York Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32
1979 Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb
1979 Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
1978 Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members
1978 Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in New York City
1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed
1978 Lyman Bostock, outfielder (Angels), shot and killed at 27
1978 Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed
1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed
1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed
1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed
1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
1978 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Florida at 12
1978 Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
1977 Ronnie Van Zant, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash
1977 Stevie Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash
1977 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland
1977 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
1976 Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed
1976 Francis E Meloy Jr, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed
1976 Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed
1976 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
1976 Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
1975 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City
1975 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed
1975 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris
1975 Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed
1975 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
1975 Charles McMahon Jr, U.S. USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam
1975 Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet
1975 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam
1975 William Craig Nystul, USMC capt, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet
1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1974 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
1974 Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances
1974 Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed
1974 Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
1974 Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed
1974 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed
1973 French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed
1973 Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1973 Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed
1973 Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29
1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1973 Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed
1973 Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed
1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War
1973 L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
1972 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed
1972 Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
1972 U.S. bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed
1972 Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup
1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1971 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances
1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed
1971 Tupac Shakur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rap star/actor, Juice, Bullet, killed in 1996
1971 Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46
1971 Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss
1971 Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
1970 S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed
1970 DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed
1970 Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed)
1970 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons)
1970 British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
1970 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
1969 Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed
1969 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
1969 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), killed by Manson's gang at 26
1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne
1969 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76
1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed
1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan
1968 Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed
1968 Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed
1968 Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
1968 South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed)
1968 Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed
1967 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
1967 Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash
1967 Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)
1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested
1967 Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
1966 Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed
1965 Nick Thorpe, rocker, Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance
1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance
1965 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed
1964 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1964 Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop
1964 Migi, [Miguel Drummond] rock, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance
1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1963 Julian Brookhouse, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance
1962 French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed
1962 2 U.S. Army officers killed in Saigon
1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
1962 South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st U.S. killed
1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit
1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42
1961 Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, boxer, killed a boxer in the ring
1960 Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash
1960 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed
1959 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1959 Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington
1958 Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
1958 Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash
1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria
1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England
1955 "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
1954 Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed
1954 Earthquake and tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
1953 Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless
1953 Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
1952 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed
1951 Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb
1951 Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
1951 Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1950 U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
1949 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
1949 Trevor Horn, rock producer, Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie
1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1948 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon
1947 Alice Playton, New York City, actress, Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name
1946 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn
1945 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
1945 Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
1945 Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45
1945 Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 U.S. killed
1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
1945 Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp
1945 Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75
1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
1945 German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed
1944 US destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed
1944 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed
1944 RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed
1944 Fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed
1944 Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed
1944 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed
1944 Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem
1944 U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed
1944 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed
1944 Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed
1944 Lesley J McNair, U.S. lt-general, killed by U.S. bomb at St-Lo
1944 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp
1944 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs
1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
1943 All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed
1943 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed
1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
1943 Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
1943 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands (85 killed)
1943 Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash
1942 Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz
1942 Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor, Brazil, Who Killed Roger Rabbit?
1942 Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed
1942 German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
1942 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France
1942 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed
1942 John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
1942 Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), and mom killed in plane crash at 32
1941 Richard Speck, mass murderer, killed 8 student nurses in 1966
1941 Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed
1941 All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS
1941 Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed
1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
1940 Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed
1940 Auschwitz concentration camp opens, 3 million killed there
1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas
1939 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border
1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed
1939 German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed)
1939 Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed
1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
1936 Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1935 Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36
1935 Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55
1934 Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
1934 Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
1934 King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, killed by Georgief (Croatian terrorist)
1934 Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde), killed in police ambush
1934 Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde), killed in police ambush
1934 Patrick O'Malley, U.S. policeman, killed by John Dillinger
1933 Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob
1933 Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed
1932 Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed
1932 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion
1932 Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed)
1932 Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece
1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas, only known fatality due to hail
1929 Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed
1927 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
1926 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
1924 Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold and Loeb, at 14
1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed
1922 Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush
1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1921 Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed
1921 Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds
1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi
1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
1919 Chicago race riot, 15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured
1919 Race Riot in Washington D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded)
1919 Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed
1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed)
1918 Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed)
1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed
1918 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee
1918 Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
1918 Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed
1917 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I
1917 In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat
1917 Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1917 Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed)
1917 Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
1917 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London
1917 Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1916 Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed)
1916 Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed
1916 Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed
1916 French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured
1916 General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades U.S. (17 killed)
1916 Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36
1915 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed
1915 Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed)
1915 French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
1914 Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
1914 Alberic Magnard, French composer, killed in action at 49
1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
1914 German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed
1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
1914 Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)
1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
1911 French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
1910 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed
1909 British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed
1905 Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa
1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City)
1901 U Benson, British Lt-colonel (Magers' fountain), killed in battle
1901 Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
1900 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed
1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
1900 Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured
1900 Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
1898 SS Portland leaves for Cape Cod, 157 killed
1898 Race riot in Wilmington North Carolina (8 blacks killed)
1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48
1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed
1895 SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed
1895 King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
1894 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed
1894 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn
1894 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington
1893 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before
1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs
1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
1892 Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis
1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1891 French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
1890 Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
1889 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
1888 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
1886 Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed
1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed
1884 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed
1883 Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)
1882 Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition
1880 Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1878 French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed
1878 German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed
1876 Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed)
1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)
1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed
1870 British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed
1870 173 Blackfoot (140 women and children) killed in Montana by U.S. Army
1868 Opelousas Massacre at St. Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
1865 S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
1865 Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39
1864 Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
1864 Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed
1864 Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured
1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
1864 Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt
1864 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
1864 Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person
1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
1863 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile
1863 Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured
1862 R E V Miles, U.S. Union Colonel, killed at Harpers Ferry
1862 Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia
1862 Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed
1862 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33
1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch and McIntosh killed
1862 Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed
1861 Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1855 Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed)
1847 Gov Bent, 5 others in U.S. occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico
1846 William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes
1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet and novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
1836 Davy Crockett, U.S. pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
1828 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
1826 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed
1820 Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41
1817 Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen
1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed
1813 Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed
1804 Alex Hamilton, killed by VP Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken
1797 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed
1791 Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers
1789 Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
1779 James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian
1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
1770 Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
1760 Native American hostages killed in Ft. Prince George
1759 James Wolfe and the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed
1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed
1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed
1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed
1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
1718 Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36
1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast
1717 Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed
1706 Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
1703 Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed
1695 Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General Neth-Indies, 1737-41, /killed 8,000 Chinese
1694 English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed
1689 John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies
1688 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
1687 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43
1676 Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
1676 Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69
1671 Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed
1664 Miklos Zrinyi, Hungarian general/poet, killed by wild boar at 44
1656 All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)
1654 Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed
1644 William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
1641 Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed
1641 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
1603 Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
1593 Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed
1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
1570 Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed
1568 Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1545 French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1521 Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50
1520 Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed
1509 Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed
1507 Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31
1485 Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32
1477 Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed
1421 Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
1403 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39
1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed
1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle
1355 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
1349 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed
1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany
1293 Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
1234 Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament
1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
1189 Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
413 Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57
290 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
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