2013 Event A 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes 50 miles south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event In southwest China, environmental and health concerns among residents are raised when 1,000 dead ducks pulled from the Sichuan River 2008 Event 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000 1987 Event 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 Event Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43 1961 Birthday Stephen Robert Pate, Ventura California, PGA golfer, 1987 Southwest Classic 1936 Birthday Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1862 Event Battle of Cedar Mountain Virginia (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) 1806 Event Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest
