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2013 Event - No casualties are reported after a U.S. military Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes near the South Korean border with North Korea

2013 Event - In Washington state, six tanks are reported to be leaking radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; the leak has not posed an immediate health risk

2012 Event - Severe weather hits the U.S. on Christmas Day; more than 30 tornadoes are reported in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana

2012 Event - New Zealand sustains a major earthquake, with minor damage reported

2012 Event - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reported to be in a coma, is removed from life support

2012 Event - After a case of mad cow disease is reported in South Korea, retailers cease selling U.S. beef

2011 Event - Outbreaks of violence are reported as voters in the Democratic Republic of the congo go to the polls for a general election

2011 Event - A Chinese scientist conducting research on the Tibetan Plateau is reported missing from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's Muztagh Ata glacier

2011 Event - A tourist boat travelling off the coast of Baja California in Mexico sinks; 23 people are reported missing

2011 Event - The cell phone of Osama bin Laden's courier is reported to contain contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahadeen, suggesting potential ties to Pakistan's intelligence agencies

2011 Event - River levels in Queensland, Australia continue to rise, 200,000 people are affected and one fatality are reported

2010 Event - An 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore of Oleron, France; no casualties are reported

2010 Event - Twenty-five drug cartel gunmen are reported killed by the Mexican Army in a clash in Tamaulipas

2010 Event - Senior Rwandan opposition politician Andre Kagwa Rwisereka is found, after reported missing, with his head nearly severed off

2010 Event - Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia

2010 Event - No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan

2010 Event - Yahoo! sells HotJobs to Monster.com for a reported $225 million

2003 Event - The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq

2002 Event - China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112

2000 Event - After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)

1996 Event - Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual

1989 Event - 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex

1988 Event - Widespread earthquake hits NE U.S., Canada; no damage reported

1988 Event - Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science

1988 Event - 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome

1986 Event - It is reported Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction

1976 Event - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million

1975 Event - Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing

1974 Event - 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states

1970 Event - Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi

1969 Event - 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported

1969 Event - "Clues Hint at Beatle's Death," reported in Illinois University newspaper, sparking widespread rumours of Paul McCartney's death

1968 Event - Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores

1966 Event - Tom Seaver, signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus

1961 Event - 1st case of motion sickness in space reported

1960 Event - 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)

1959 Event - Dorothy Rigney sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M

1955 Event - 1st separation of virus into component parts reported

1941 Event - Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"

1917 Event - Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)

1908 Birthday - Michael T. Fitzmaurice, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Reported Missing, 14 Hours

1888 Event - 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India

1887 Birthday - John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions

1863 Event - 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile

1762 Event - 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston

1653 Event - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes

1644 Event - Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting

1054 Event - Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported

565 Event - St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness

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