2015 Event The human trafficking crisis continues in the Mediterranean, as approximately 7,000 migrants are rescued from 34 vessels intercepted over the last few days 2015 Event Italian authorities arrested the captain and a crewman of a vessel that shipwrecked in the Mediterranean, drowning at least 800 people; the passengers were migrating from North Africa to Europe 2015 Event Sea incidents involving migrants continue at a steady pace in the Mediterranean, as Italian ships rescue 1,500 people from 5 separate vessels in less than 24 hours 2013 Event A 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes 50 miles south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event Pope Francis condemns the 'global indifference' to the plight of immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe; he honors them in a mass held on Lampedusa, the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event Scientists in Spain publish a study in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' that claims a Mediterranean diets, high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits, reduce the risk of heart disease 1989 Event U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean 1973 Event Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea 1968 Event Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1967 Event Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen 1966 Event U.S. recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor 1966 Event U.S. submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean 1944 Event Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1943 Event Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1941 Event British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean 1913 Event Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea 1869 Event Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas 1782 Event Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English 1738 Event England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies
