2013 Event In Wisconsin, two planes carrying nine skydivers collide in midair; the skydivers used their parachutes to steer themselves clear of the debris, and the two pilots survived with minor injuries 2013 Event In Cebu, Philippines, 200 are missing and at least 26 are dead after a cargo ship and the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas collide 2009 Event A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia 2001 Event Eleven die after two trucks collide, head on, in a mountain tunnel in Switzerland 1997 Event 73 Israelis die when army copters collide 1992 Event 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash, 13 die 1992 Death Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer 1991 Event 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1991 Event U.S. Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32 1988 Event 3 trains collide in London, 40 die 1986 Event De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25 1982 Event 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1979 Event 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1979 Event 2 supertankers collide off Tobago - 260,000 TONS of oil spill 1978 Event PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die 1978 Event 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1977 Event 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 1976 Event 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard 1975 Event 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River 1972 Event Jim Ryan (U.S.) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold 1972 Event 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain 1965 Event 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1960 Event TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134 1957 Event 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England) 1956 Event United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 1953 Event Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea 1952 Event 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) 1950 Event 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77 1943 Event "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 1938 Event School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1916 Event Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die 1912 Event Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 1908 Birthday George Pal, Hungarian/U.S. director, When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons