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 2015 Event Despite finding no wreckage to date, Malaysian officials announce that the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is being ruled an accident; the ruling lets families of the missing passengers seek compensation for the tragedy 2013 Event The brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 44 following complications from a skiing accident 2010 Event Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapo mining accident is rescued from the mine 2010 Event A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners who remain trapped underground after the 2010 Copiapo mining accident August 5, 2010 2008 Death Bronislaw Geremek, dies in Poland, in a car accident, at 76 2006 Event Dick Cheney accidentally shoots friend in a hunting accident 2005 Death Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2003 Death Michael Kelly, journalist, Atlantic Monthly - died in Iraq in an accident, dies at 45 2002 Death Lisa Lopes, singer, songwriter, known as 'Left Eye', member of group, TLC, famous songs include, 'Waterfalls', 'Girl Talk', dies in La Ceiba, Honduras, at age 30, in a car accident 1997 Death Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39 1996 Death Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71 1996 Death Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce, dies in an accident 1995 Event In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995 Death Alexander Knox, actor and writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88 1994 Event 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident 1994 Event Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed 1994 Event Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed 1994 Death Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46 1994 Death Simon R Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28 1994 Event Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1994 Death Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23 1994 Death Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31 1993 Death Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29 1993 Death Gustavo Brillembourg, Venezuela/U.S. advocate, dies in an accident at 35 1993 Event F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident 1993 Death Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Death Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 1993 Death Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident 1993 Death Tip Tipping, Tim, stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34 1993 Event Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident 1992 Death Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1992 Death Ulysses Guimaraes, Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident 1992 Death Clifford Allison, U.S. stock-car racer, dies in an accident 1992 Death Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies 1992 Death Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident 1992 Event Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1992 Event Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident 1991 Event 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die 1991 Death Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33 1991 Event Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident 1990 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1990 Event 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1990 Event Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident 1990 Event Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident 1989 Death Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61 1988 Death Carl Hubbell, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA, dies in an auto accident 1988 Death Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25 1988 Death Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident 1988 Death Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 1988 Death Adrian Adonis, Keith Franke, WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident 1987 Death Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40 1986 Death Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48 1986 Event President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident 1985 Death Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 1985 Event Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident 1985 Death Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident 1984 Death Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident 1984 Event Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident 1983 Event 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1983 Death James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident 1982 Death Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53 1982 Death Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident 1982 Event Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1981 Event 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1979 Death Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 1979 Event Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) 1976 Death Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49 1975 Event Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1974 Event Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed 1972 Event Worst U.S. rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago 1972 Death William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 1972 Event George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1971 Death Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics, dies in accident at 48 1971 Death Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 1971 Death Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43 1971 Death Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 38 1971 Death Vladimir Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 35 1971 Event Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident 1970 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1969 Event Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1967 Death Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47 1966 Event Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York 1966 Death Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident 1961 Event Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1961 Event Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 1961 Death Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24 1960 Death Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1959 Death Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 1958 Death Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident 1957 Event Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale 1956 Death Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) 1955 Event Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues 1954 Event Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1949 Event Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 1949 Event Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident 1946 Death Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident 1946 Death Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident 1945 Death Pater Bleijs, Louis, resistance fighter, dies in car accident 1944 Event 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Event Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel 1939 Death Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident 1938 Event 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1937 Event Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands 1928 Event 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident 1926 Death David Lobo, Dutch actor, dies in railway accident 1926 Death Greta Lobo-Braakensiek, Dutch actress in railway accident 1918 Event Train accident at Weesp, Netherlands, kills 42 1912 Event 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person 1909 Birthday Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director, Damned, Accident 1905 Event General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) 1902 Event Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die 1899 Death George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1896 Event 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City) 1880 Event Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York 1864 Event Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 1864 Death Thomas Donnely Doubleday, U.S. Union Col, dies in an accident 1863 Event Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer 1832 Event 1st railroad accident in U.S., Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies 1785 Event 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident 1654 Death Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, painter, dies in an accident 1560 Death Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident 1526 Death Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 1143 Death John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
