2015 Event Zimbabwe seeks extradition of U.S. dentist Walter James Palmer, who killed a protected lion, Cecil, during a hunt; led by a local guide, Palmer believed that the hunt was properly licensed and fully legal 2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event U.S. officials have validated claims by the Islamic State (IS) that journalist James Foley, held in captivity for two years, has been killed; President Obama vows to continue airstrikes in Iraq against IS militants 2014 Event The U.S. states that evidence suggests a Russian-made missile was fired at Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; the missile strike killed all 298 people aboard 2014 Event Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack 2014 Event A report from the U.S. Senate on the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, determines that the attack was 'likely preventable' 2013 Event The roof of a Maxima superstore collapses in Latvia's capital, Riga; a least six are killed and 35 injured 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event Two million people lose power and five people are killed when Typhoon Nari strikes the Philippines 2013 Event At least 328 people are killed in a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit Balochistan, Pakistan on the 24th of September 2013 Event In southwestern China, at least four people are killed by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake 2013 Event Savar, Bangladesh celebrates a woman found alive in the rubble 17 days after after a garment factory building collapsed and killed over 1,042 people 2013 Event Conservationists determine poachers killed the last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique; these poachers worked with game rangers responsible for protecting them 2013 Event A 6.0-magnitude earthquake named Nantou, strikes near Taipei, Taiwan; one person is killed and 19 injured 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event A dense fog near Beaumont, Texas, causes a a 100-vehicle pileup , leaving 120 people injured and 2 killed; the incident forced the Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to close in both directions 2012 Event The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists; U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed as well as three others; the Cairo embassy was also attacked 2012 Event At least one person is killed from an explosion in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya 2012 Event After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for a NATO airstrike that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers and officials, Pakistan reopens key NATO supply routes into Afghanistan 2012 Event Northern Italy, near Bologna, experiences a 5.8-magnitude earthquake; at least 24 people are killed 2012 Event Evidence of citrus greening, a disease that has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazil and Florida, is found in a residential area of Los Angeles County, California 2012 Event Eleven people are killed when their hot air balloon collides with a power line and crashes near Carterton, New Zealand 2011 Event In the Philippines, flash floods from Tropical Storm Washi killed at least 400 people, with more missing 2011 Event In Pakistan's South Waziristan province, 13 militants in a compound are believed to have been killed by U.S. drone missiles 2011 Event In the U.S., 133 people in 26 states are suffering from the 2011 U.S. listeriosis outbreak, which killed 28 people to date 2011 Event Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's autopsy reveals that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the head 2011 Event The city of Van in eastern Turkey experiences a 7.2-magnitude earthquake; 100 people are killed 2011 Event The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War 2011 Event The English town Wooten Bassett is re-named with the prefix 'Royal', honoring its role in repatriating British military personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan 2011 Event A landslide in Malaysia leaves one person killed and six missing 2011 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, founder of the militant Islamist group Al-Quaeda was killed by American military operatives 2011 Event More than 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed during the unrest in Libya 2011 Event Human Rights Watch reports 24 people were killed in Libya's 'Day of Rage' anti-regime protest 2011 Event Dubbed the 'Day of Martyrs' in honor of those killed in their fight for freedom, Egyptians continue protesting for the 13th day in Tahir Square 2011 Event U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14 2011 Event Chinese prosecutors claim over 600 people were killed in Yunnan over a seven year period from official misconduct 2010 Event In North Waziristan, Pakistan, 11 suspected militants are killed by a U.S. drone attack 2010 Event One of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region 2010 Event Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq 2010 Event FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2010 Event At least 40 people are killed by a bomb blast at a solidarity rally with the Palestinian people in Quetta, Pakistan 2010 Event Twenty-five drug cartel gunmen are reported killed by the Mexican Army in a clash in Tamaulipas 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinaburg volcano continues to erupt, two people are killed and 21,000 are evacuated from the vicinity 2010 Event After a weeklong battle with 43 people killed, Somalia's al-Shabaab rebel group called for reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu 2010 Event Israel requests that Germany arrest Klaas Carel Faber, a Nazi war criminal who killed 20 Jews at Westerbork concentration camp 2010 Event Abd-al-Rahman Awad, the suspected leader of Fatah al-Islam, the radical Sunni Islamist group, is fatally shot and killed by Lebanon 2010 Event At least 70 people are killed and 300 wounded in a series of bombings over the three-day Shia pilgrimage to the Musa Kadhim mausoleum in Iraq 2010 Event Kurdish rebels claim responsibility for a bus bomb in Istanbul, Turkey; five people were killed and twelve people injured 2010 Event Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people 2010 Event The transcript of the flight data recorders from the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash that killed 96 Polish officials and intellectuals is published 2010 Event Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur 2010 Event Renewed tribal clashes in Sudan's South Darfur state result in 52 civilians killed and 55 others wounded 2010 Event At least 38 are killed and 60 injured when two female suicide bombers carry out two separate terrorist attacks at Moscow Metro stations Lubyana and Park Kultury 2010 Event The BBC finds evidence of a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army last December, in which 321 people, including children, were killed 2010 Event Six people are killed by a remotely operated bomb while travelling in southern Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province 2010 Event Residents of Mogadishu are instructed to leave the war zone after more than 50 are killed in three days of violence 2010 Event At least 33 people are killed, more than 50 wounded, by multiple suicide bombers in Baquoba, Iraq 2010 Event Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week 2010 Event The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed 2010 Event A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating its capital city, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 150,000 were killed and buried later in mass graves 2009 Event Nearly 100 people are killed by a runaway truck at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria 2009 Event 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 2009 Event Margarito Montes, a prominent union leader, is found among fifteen people killed on a ranch in northern Mexico 2009 Event Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang 2009 Event Dozens are killed and injured when wildfires spread across France, Spain, Sardinia and Greece 2009 Event Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Qazvin, Iran, all 168 on board are killed 2009 Event Nearly 300 people are killed and 1,500 injured near L'Aquila, Italy, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes 2009 Event At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 2009 Event Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan 2006 Event Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq 2004 Event Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors 2003 Event Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members are killed 2001 Event Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168 2001 Event The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride 2000 Event Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1999 Event Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves 1998 Death Adem Jasari, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed 1998 Event Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed, 1 killed 1997 Death Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy, dies in Paris, at age 36, killed in a car crash 1997 Death Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56 1997 Death Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window 1996 Death 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in U.S. this year 1996 Death Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25 1996 Event Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured 1996 Death David Schultz, wrestler, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, killed by John Du Pont 1995 Death Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham and Diane Zamora, at 16 1995 Event In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995 Event Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured 1995 Event Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed 1995 Event Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed 1995 Event Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed) 1995 Event Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) 1995 Event 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed) 1995 Event Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured 1995 Event Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed 1995 Event Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed 1995 Event Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed 1994 Event B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1994 Event Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed 1994 Death Jeffrey Dahmer, Butcher of Milwaukee, killer, killed in prison at 34 1994 Event Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed 1994 Death Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests) 1994 Event Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed 1994 Event Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed 1994 Event American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed 1994 Event Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed 1994 Event Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them) 1994 Event Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed 1994 Event 160 killed at battles in Tsjetsjenie 1994 Event Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed 1994 Event Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Event Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed 1994 Death Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85 1994 Event Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed 1994 Event Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed 1994 Event Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed 1994 Event Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed 1994 Event Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed 1994 Event Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed 1994 Event Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed 1994 Event Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed 1994 Death John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill 1994 Event Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed 1994 Event Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon, Panama, 21 killed 1994 Event Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed 1994 Event Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed 1994 Event U.S. Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina, 37 killed 1994 Event Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed) 1994 Event Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France, 7 killed 1994 Event Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives) 1994 Event Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed 1994 Event Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed) 1994 Event 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed 1994 Event Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed 1994 Event 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed 1994 Event Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland, 29 killed 1994 Event Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed 1994 Event Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed 1994 Event Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed 1994 Event Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed 1994 Event Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed 1994 Event Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed 1994 Event Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed 1994 Event Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed 1994 Event KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed 1994 Event Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed 1994 Event Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed 1994 Event Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) 1994 Event Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 killed 1994 Event Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) 1994 Event B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 1994 Event Maronite church near Beirut bombed, 10 killed 1994 Event 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt 1994 Event Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed 1993 Event Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed 1993 Event C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed 1993 Event Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed 1993 Event Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed 1993 Event 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria 1993 Event Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England 1993 Event Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed 1993 Event Algerian Moslem fundamentalists uprising, 27 killed 1993 Event 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador 1993 Event Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed 1993 Event Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed 1993 Event 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match 1993 Event 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast 1993 Event IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed 1993 Event Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed 1993 Event Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed 1993 Event Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed 1993 Event 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed 1993 Event Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed 1993 Event Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed 1993 Event Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed 1993 Event Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives 1993 Event Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed 1993 Event Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed 1993 Event Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed 1993 Event Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed 1993 Event Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg 1993 Death John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington, New Hampshire in 200 years, killed at 45 1993 Event Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed 1993 Event Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed 1993 Event British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed 1993 Event Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed 1993 Death Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 1993 Event 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed 1993 Death Ihsan Mohamed Salem, Yunis Awad, Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed 1993 Death Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3 1993 Event 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta 1993 Event 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay 1993 Death David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47 1993 Death Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed 1993 Event Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed 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 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1992 Event 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad 1991 Event Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1991 Event 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed 1991 Event A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament 1991 Death Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan 1991 Event In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless 1991 Event 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes 1991 Death Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1991 Event 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash 1991 Death 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash 1991 Event 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa 1990 Death Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian 1990 Event 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia 1990 Event 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa 1989 Death Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61 1989 Event 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops 1989 Event Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed 1989 Event 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed 1989 Event 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel 1988 Event 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed 1988 Event Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless) 1988 Event Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1988 Event 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany 1988 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed 1988 Death Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash 1988 Event Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed 1988 Death Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 1988 Death Adrian Adonis, Keith Franke, WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident 1988 Event Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon 1988 Event North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed 1988 Event Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed 1988 Event U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed 1987 Event IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed 1987 Event 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA 1987 Event Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed 1987 Event ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed 1987 Event 30 killed in a Texas tornado 1987 Death Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off 1987 Event 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 1987 Event Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed 1987 Event Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed 1987 Death Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1987 Event Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed 1986 Event Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed 1986 Event 150 killed during race riot in Karachi 1986 Event Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed 1986 Death Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed 1986 Event Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed 1986 Event Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1986 Event Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed 1986 Event Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked U.S. B-747, 19 killed 1986 Event Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed 1986 Event 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid 1986 Event Battles in Beirut; 53 killed 1986 Event Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed 1986 Death Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25 1986 Event "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character 1986 Event U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 1986 Event 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece 1986 Event Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed 1985 Event Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb 1985 Event Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed 1985 Event Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed 1985 Event Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed 1985 Event Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut 1985 Event Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed 1985 Event 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket 1985 Event Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed 1985 Event Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed 1985 Event Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed 1985 Event Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed 1985 Death Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas 1985 Event Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South Africa, 19 killed 1985 Event 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain 1984 Event Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1984 Event French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia 1984 Event Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 1984 Event Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed 1984 Death Leamon Hunt, U.S. director-General in Sinai, killed by communists 1984 Death Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England 1984 Event Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203) 1983 Event Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured 1983 Event 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut 1983 Event Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1983 Event U.S. Marine peacekeeper Sergeant Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut 1983 Event 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila 1983 Death Benigno S Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50 1983 Event 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1983 Event 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 1983 Event 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx 1983 Death Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33 1982 Event Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed 1982 Death Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb 1982 Death Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb 1982 Death Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53 1982 Event Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed 1982 Event 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky 1981 Event Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed 1981 Event Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel Kansas City caves in (113 killed) 1981 Event Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Event Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 1981 Event Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed 1981 Event 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1981 Event 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton 1980 Event 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1980 Event Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed 1980 Event Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed 1980 Event Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1980 Event Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed 1980 Event South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1980 Event Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1980 Death William R Tolbert, Jr., Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup 1980 Death Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris 1980 Death Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1979 Event Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed 1979 Event U.S. DC-10 crashes at Mexico-City, 74 killed 1979 Death Nur Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), killed 1979 Event 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1979 Death Thurmon Munson, New York Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 1979 Death Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb 1979 Death Ali Hassan Salameh, Abu Hassan, killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes 1978 Death Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members 1978 Death Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in New York City 1978 Event Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed 1978 Event Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed 1978 Event Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed 1978 Event Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed 1978 Event Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1978 Event Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1978 Death Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Florida at 12 1978 Death Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy 1977 Event 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1977 Death Stevie Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash 1977 Event 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland 1977 Event 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky 1977 Event A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164 1977 Event Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 1976 Event Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1976 Event Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed 1976 Death Francis E Meloy, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed 1976 Event Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed 1976 Death General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup 1976 Death Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30 1975 Event 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City 1975 Event 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed 1975 Death Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris 1975 Event Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed 1975 Death Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 1975 Death Charles McMahon, Jr., U.S. USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam 1975 Death Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet 1975 Death Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam 1975 Death William Craig Nystul, USMC Captain, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet 1975 Event 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 1974 Event 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed 1974 Death Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances 1974 Event Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed 1974 Event Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed 1974 Event Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed 1974 Event Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed 1974 Event Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed 1973 Event French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed 1973 Event Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed 1973 Event Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed 1973 Death Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29 1973 Death Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car 1973 Event Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed 1973 Event Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed 1973 Event Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Death L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1972 Event 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed 1972 Death Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl 1972 Event U.S. bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed 1972 Death Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup 1972 Death "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party 1972 Event 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1971 Event 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances 1971 Event Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed 1971 Birthday Tupac Shakur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rap star/actor, Juice, Bullet, killed in 1996 1971 Death Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 1971 Death Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss 1971 Death Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia 1970 Event S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed 1970 Event DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed 1970 Event Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed 1970 Event Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed) 1970 Event 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons) 1970 Event British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed 1970 Event Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) 1970 Death 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 Event Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi 1969 Event Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed 1969 Event Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed 1969 Death Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), killed by Manson's gang at 26 1969 Event Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1969 Death F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76 1968 Event Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed 1968 Event 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan 1968 Event Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed 1968 Event Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed 1968 Death Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 1968 Event South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed 1968 Death Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed 1967 Event 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed 1967 Death Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash 1967 Event Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed 1967 Event Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed) 1967 Event Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested 1967 Death Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55 1966 Event Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed 1965 Birthday Nick Thorpe, rocker, Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance 1965 Event Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed 1965 Birthday Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance 1965 Event Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed 1964 Event India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed 1964 Death Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop 1964 Birthday Migi, Miguel Drummond, rock, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance 1963 Event 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham 1963 Birthday Julian Brookhouse, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance 1962 Event French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed 1962 Event 2 U.S. Army officers killed in Saigon 1962 Event 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) 1962 Event South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st U.S. killed 1962 Event 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit 1962 Death Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 1961 Birthday Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, boxer, killed a boxer in the ring 1960 Event Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash 1960 Event Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600 1960 Event Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1959 Event 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau 1959 Death Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1959 Death Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17 1958 Event Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington 1958 Birthday Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend 1958 Death Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash 1956 Event Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in New Jersey, 74 killed 1956 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed 1955 Event Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria 1955 Event 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England 1955 Death "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 1954 Event Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed 1954 Event Earthquake and tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed 1953 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed 1953 Event Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash 1953 Event Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless 1953 Event Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed 1952 Event 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed 1951 Death Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb 1951 Event Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed 1951 Death Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem 1950 Event U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed 1949 Event 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland 1949 Birthday Trevor Horn, rock producer, Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie 1948 Event 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo 1948 Event 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon 1947 Birthday Alice Playton, New York City, actress, Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name 1946 Event 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee 1945 Event German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 Death Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44 1945 Death Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45 1945 Event Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 U.S. killed 1945 Event 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1945 Death Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp 1945 Death Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75 1945 Event 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days 1945 Event German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed 1944 Event U.S. destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed 1944 Event 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed 1944 Event RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed 1944 Death Fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed 1944 Event Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed 1944 Event British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed 1944 Death Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem 1944 Event U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed 1944 Event Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed 1944 Event Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed 1944 Death Lesley J McNair, U.S. Lieutenant-General, killed by U.S. bomb at St-Lo 1944 Death Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp 1944 Event 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs 1944 Event German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed 1944 Death Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis 1944 Event Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed 1943 Event All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed 1943 Event 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed 1943 Death Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed 1943 Event Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 1943 Event 40 German bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands, 85 killed 1943 Death Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash 1942 Death Marcel Barger, Streliskie, cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz 1942 Birthday Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor, Brazil, Who Killed Roger Rabbit? 1942 Event Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed 1942 Event German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed 1942 Event 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France 1942 Event German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed 1942 Death John Kubris, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28 1942 Death Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), and mom killed in plane crash at 32 1941 Birthday Richard Speck, mass murderer, killed 8 student nurses in 1966 1941 Death Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed 1941 Event All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS 1941 Event Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed 1941 Death Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb 1940 Event Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed 1940 Event Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed 1940 Event Auschwitz concentration camp opens, 3 million killed there 1940 Event 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas 1939 Event 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border 1939 Event German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed 1939 Event German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed) 1939 Event Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed 1939 Event 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile 1936 Birthday Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1935 Death Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 1935 Death Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55 1934 Death Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Death Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Death King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, killed by Georgief (Croatian terrorist) 1934 Death Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde), killed in police ambush 1934 Death Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde), killed in police ambush 1934 Death Patrick O'Malley, U.S. policeman, killed by John Dillinger 1933 Event Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob 1933 Event Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed 1932 Event Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed 1932 Event 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion 1932 Event Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed) 1932 Death Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang 1930 Event Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed 1930 Event 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece 1930 Event Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas, only known fatality due to hail 1929 Event Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed 1929 Event St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed 1927 Event 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed 1926 Event Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed 1924 Death Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold and Loeb, at 14 1922 Event Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed 1922 Death Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush 1922 Death Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54 1921 Event Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed 1921 Event Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds 1920 Event Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi 1920 Death Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack 1919 Event Chicago race riot, 15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured 1919 Event Race Riot in Washington D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded) 1919 Event Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed 1918 Event Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) 1918 Event Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed) 1918 Event Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed 1918 Event 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee 1918 Death Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies 1918 Event Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed 1917 Event 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I 1917 Event In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat 1917 Birthday Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1917 Event Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed) 1917 Event Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) 1917 Event 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London 1917 Event Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 1917 Death Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I 1916 Event Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed) 1916 Death Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed 1916 Death Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed 1916 Event French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured 1916 Event General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades U.S. (17 killed) 1916 Death Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 1915 Event Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) 1915 Event Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed 1915 Event Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed) 1915 Event French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed 1914 Event Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1914 Death Alberic Magnard, French composer, killed in action at 49 1914 Event 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed 1914 Event Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed 1914 Event German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed 1914 Event 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colorado 1914 Death Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55 1913 Event 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 1913 Death Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) 1911 Event French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed 1910 Death Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed 1909 Event British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed 1905 Event Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa 1902 Event 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City) 1901 Death U Benson, British Lt-colonel (Magers' fountain), killed in battle 1901 Event Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed 1900 Event 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 1900 Event Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed 1900 Birthday Leo Smit, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust 1900 Event Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed 1900 Event Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured 1900 Event Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed 1900 Event Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured 1899 Event Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed 1898 Event SS Portland leaves for Cape Cod, 157 killed 1898 Event Race riot in Wilmington North Carolina (8 blacks killed) 1896 Death Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 1896 Event Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed 1895 Event Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed 1895 Event SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed 1895 Event King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed 1894 Event Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed 1894 Event 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn 1894 Event 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington 1893 Event 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1893 Event New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before 1893 Event Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs 1892 Event Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed 1892 Birthday Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis 1891 Event Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed 1891 Event 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews 1891 Event French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed 1890 Death Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US 1889 Death Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler 1888 Event 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India 1886 Event Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed 1885 Event Battle at Abu Klea Sudan, 800-1000 killed 1884 Event Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 1883 Event Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed) 1882 Event Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition 1880 Death Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army 1878 Event French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed 1878 Event German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed 1876 Event Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1876 Event Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed 1875 Event German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed 1873 Event Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) 1871 Event Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed 1870 Event British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed 1870 Event 173 Blackfoot (140 women and children) killed in Montana by U.S. Army 1868 Event Opelousas Massacre at St. Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed) 1865 Event S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed 1865 Event Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1865 Death Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39 1864 Event Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed 1864 Event Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured 1864 Event Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed 1864 Event Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured 1864 Event Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 1864 Death Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt 1864 Event Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured 1864 Event Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person 1864 Event Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; General W R Scurry is killed 1863 Event 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile 1863 Event Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured 1862 Death R E V Miles, U.S. Union Colonel, killed at Harpers Ferry 1862 Death Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia 1862 Event Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt., however General Charles S. Winder is killed 1862 Death Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 1862 Event Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch and McIntosh killed 1862 Death Felix Zollicoffer, General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines 1861 Event Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed 1861 Event Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed 1855 Event Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed 1849 Event Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed) 1847 Death Governor Bent, 5 others in U.S. occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico 1846 Birthday William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 1837 Death Aleksandr Pushkin, poet and novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel 1836 Death Davy Crockett, U.S. pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 1836 Event Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed 1830 Event Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed 1828 Event 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed 1828 Death Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed 1826 Event Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed 1820 Death Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 1817 Death Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brigadier General 1815 Event English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed 1813 Event Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1804 Death Alex Hamilton, killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken 1797 Death Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed 1791 Event Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers 1789 Death Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire 1779 Death James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian 1772 Event Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed 1770 Death Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre 1760 Event Native American hostages killed in Ft. Prince George 1759 Death James Wolfe and the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed 1758 Event Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed 1752 Event East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed 1748 Event Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed 1718 Death Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36 1718 Death Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast 1717 Event Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed 1706 Event Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed 1703 Event Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed 1695 Birthday Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General Netherlands-Indies, 1737-41, killed 8,000 Chinese 1694 Event English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed 1689 Death John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies 1688 Event Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo 1687 Death Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43 1676 Death Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29 1676 Death Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69 1671 Death Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed 1664 Death Miklos Zrinyi, Hungarian general/poet, killed by wild boar at 44 1656 Event All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her) 1654 Event Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed 1644 Death William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 1641 Event Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed 1641 Event United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed 1628 Event Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed 1618 Event "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed 1603 Event Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed 1593 Event Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed 1578 Event Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed 1570 Event Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed 1568 Event Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed 1552 Event Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed 1545 Event French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed 1521 Death Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 1520 Death Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed 1509 Event Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed 1507 Death Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 1485 Death Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 1477 Event Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7000+ killed 1421 Event Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed 1403 Death Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, killed in battle at 39 1393 Death Johannes Nepomucenus, Jan Nepomucky, Czechoslovakian saint, killed 1391 Event Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed 1362 Death Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle 1355 Event 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara 1349 Event 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz 1349 Event 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany 1340 Event Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed 1298 Event Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany 1293 Event Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed 1234 Death Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament 1219 Event Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed 1189 Death Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England 413 Death Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 290 Death [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
