Technology
Inventions, industrial advances, and technological milestones
History: January 1 (#4)
January 1, 2024 Disney's copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they enter the public domain....
History: January 5 (#1)
January 5, 2024 Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities...
History: January 8 (#2)
January 8, 2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an I...
History: January 9 (#5)
January 9, 2011 Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people....
History: January 17 (#1)
January 17, 2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crashed near Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi, after losing contact en route to Makassar....
History: January 18 (#4)
January 18, 2012 More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as ...
History: January 25 (#3)
January 25, 2013 At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela....
History: January 26 (#3)
January 26, 2015 An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others....
History: February 1 (#4)
February 1, 2007 The National Weather Service in the United States switches from the Fujita scale to the new Enhanced Fujita scale to measure the intensity and strength of tornadoes....
History: February 3 (#2)
February 3, 2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride a...
History: February 5 (#2)
February 5, 2020 Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179....
History: February 8 (#5)
February 8, 1993 An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people onboard both aircraft....
History: February 13 (#1)
February 13, 2017 Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport....
History: February 15 (#5)
February 15, 1996 At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere betw...
History: February 16 (#3)
February 16, 2000 Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard....
History: February 20 (#1)
February 20, 2015 Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services....
History: February 21 (#3)
February 21, 1995 Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon....
History: February 23 (#2)
February 23, 2019 Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board....
History: February 23 (#5)
February 23, 2007 A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after...
History: February 24 (#4)
February 24, 2015 A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured....
History: February 25 (#3)
February 25, 2009 Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty radio altimeter, resulting in the death of nine passeng...
History: February 29 (#5)
February 29, 2012 North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid....
History: March 2 (#4)
March 2, 2014 The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards....
History: March 7 (#4)
March 7, 2007 Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people....
History: March 8 (#3)
March 8, 2018 The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "Mera...
History: March 8 (#5)
March 8, 2010 Headlined by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, TNA Wrestling moves its flagship program, TNA Impact!, to Monday night. This effort to go "big time live" failed but is notable in the history of ...
History: March 9 (#3)
March 9, 2015 Two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collide in mid-air over Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10 people on board both aircraft, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Ca...
History: March 10 (#5)
March 10, 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior Lion Air Flight 610 led to all 387 Boeing 737 MA...
History: March 14 (#2)
March 14, 2017 A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance....
History: March 16 (#4)
March 16, 2020 The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Mon...
History: March 18 (#3)
March 18, 1997 The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board....
History: March 19 (#5)
March 19, 2008 GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed....
History: March 24 (#4)
March 24, 2015 Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board....
History: April 2 (#5)
April 2, 2015 Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal his...
History: April 10 (#4)
April 10, 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries....
History: April 13 (#4)
April 13, 2013 Lion Air Flight 904 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Indonesia, injuring 40 people....
History: April 15 (#4)
April 15, 2002 Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people....
History: April 28 (#1)
April 28, 2004 CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees....
History: April 29 (#3)
April 29, 2013 National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board....
History: April 30 (#4)
April 30, 2004 U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison....
History: May 2 (#1)
May 2, 2012 A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction....
History: May 3 (#5)
May 3, 2007 The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history"....
History: May 5 (#3)
May 5, 2007 Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon....
History: May 6 (#4)
May 6, 2010 In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash....
History: May 6 (#5)
May 6, 2002 Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum....
History: May 8 (#5)
May 8, 1988 A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history"....
History: May 9 (#2)
May 9, 2020 The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression....
History: May 11 (#2)
May 11, 2024 The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland wins with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner....
History: May 11 (#4)
May 11, 2022 Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials....
History: May 12 (#3)
May 12, 2010 Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board....
History: May 13 (#5)
May 13, 1998 India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India....
History: May 21 (#1)
May 21, 2024 The Greenfield tornado kills 5 and injures 35 across rural Iowa, United States. Wind speeds in excess of 480 kilometres per hour (300 mph) are estimated from measurements for the third t...
History: May 21 (#4)
May 21, 2010 JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year....
History: May 25 (#4)
May 25, 2009 North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community....
History: May 28 (#2)
May 28, 2016 Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking vario...
History: May 29 (#1)
May 29, 2021 A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara....
History: May 30 (#4)
May 30, 2008 TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing five people....
History: May 31 (#5)
May 31, 2010 Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the f...
History: June 1 (#3)
June 1, 2009 Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed....
History: June 4 (#1)
June 4, 2025 Eleven people are killed and 56 people are injured during a crowd crush incident outside M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India for the celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's In...
History: June 4 (#2)
June 4, 2023 Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia....
History: June 8 (#5)
June 8, 1992 GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three....
History: June 11 (#5)
June 11, 1998 Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition....
History: June 18 (#3)
June 18, 1998 Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11....
History: June 19 (#5)
June 19, 2005 Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin ti...
History: June 21 (#1)
June 21, 2025 A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board....
History: June 22 (#1)
June 22, 2025 The United States conducts airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan....
History: June 28 (#1)
June 28, 2016 A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others....
History: July 8 (#4)
July 8, 2003 Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board....
History: July 11 (#5)
July 11, 1983 A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board....
History: July 12 (#2)
July 12, 2007 U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet....
History: July 13 (#2)
July 13, 2020 After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned....
History: July 20 (#2)
July 20, 2019 Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing....
History: July 23 (#5)
July 23, 2010 The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor....
History: July 27 (#4)
July 27, 1989 While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people o...
History: July 28 (#4)
July 28, 2011 While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jej...
History: July 30 (#2)
July 30, 2006 The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years....
History: July 31 (#3)
July 31, 2008 East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board....
History: August 2 (#5)
August 2, 1985 Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137....
History: August 3 (#2)
August 3, 2010 Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in dam...
History: August 7 (#1)
August 7, 2020 Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board....
History: August 10 (#1)
August 10, 2019 Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines....
History: August 10 (#2)
August 10, 2018 Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, ...
History: August 10 (#4)
August 10, 2014 Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport....
History: August 16 (#3)
August 16, 2013 The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing....
History: August 16 (#4)
August 16, 2012 South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg....
History: August 17 (#3)
August 17, 2009 An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area....
History: August 19 (#1)
August 19, 2017 Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break....
History: August 21 (#2)
August 21, 1995 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carro...
History: August 22 (#5)
August 22, 2004 Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway....
History: August 25 (#4)
August 25, 2001 American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas....
History: August 26 (#4)
August 26, 2015 Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia....
History: August 28 (#4)
August 28, 2003 In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, an...
History: August 31 (#1)
August 31, 2006 Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police....
History: September 3 (#2)
September 3, 2010 After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on boa...
History: September 5 (#3)
September 5, 2005 Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149....
History: September 5 (#4)
September 5, 1996 Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people....
History: September 7 (#3)
September 7, 2012 Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human r...
History: September 7 (#4)
September 7, 2011 The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team....
History: September 9 (#3)
September 9, 2016 The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness"....
History: September 11 (#1)
September 11, 2023 The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people....
History: September 12 (#4)
September 12, 2012 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four....
History: September 15 (#5)
September 15, 1981 The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C....
History: September 18 (#2)
September 18, 2009 After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the longest-running soap opera in American history....
History: September 20 (#2)
September 20, 2018 At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania....
History: September 21 (#5)
September 21, 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks....
History: September 22 (#2)
September 22, 1993 A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed....
History: September 25 (#5)
September 25, 1978 PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven peop...
History: September 27 (#4)
September 27, 1977 Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board....
History: September 29 (#4)
September 29, 2007 Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion....
History: September 30 (#4)
September 30, 1999 The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident....
History: October 1 (#1)
October 1, 2022 One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia....
History: October 4 (#5)
October 4, 1992 El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground....
History: October 7 (#5)
October 7, 2002 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station....
History: October 8 (#4)
October 8, 2001 A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people....
History: October 9 (#3)
October 9, 2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis....
History: October 13 (#5)
October 13, 1976 A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91....
History: October 14 (#3)
October 14, 2014 A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people....
History: October 15 (#3)
October 15, 2008 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history....
History: October 16 (#1)
October 16, 2013 Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people....
History: October 19 (#3)
October 19, 2005 Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb....
History: October 23 (#5)
October 23, 2015 The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hour...
History: October 24 (#5)
October 24, 2007 Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center....
History: October 25 (#1)
October 25, 2023 A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured....
History: October 28 (#1)
October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic....
History: November 2 (#4)
November 2, 2008 Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toy...
History: November 4 (#3)
November 4, 2015 A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people....
History: November 4 (#4)
November 4, 2015 A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries....
History: November 5 (#3)
November 5, 2010 JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard....
History: November 6 (#2)
November 6, 2004 An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120....
History: November 11 (#2)
November 11, 2020 Typhoon Vamco makes landfall in Luzon and several offshore islands, killing 67 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since Typhoon Ketsana in 2009....
History: November 14 (#1)
November 14, 2019 A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries....
History: November 22 (#4)
November 22, 1994 A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing t...
History: November 25 (#4)
November 25, 1999 A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast....
History: November 27 (#3)
November 27, 2008 XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board....
History: November 28 (#2)
November 28, 2016 LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense...
History: November 29 (#2)
November 29, 2013 LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board....
History: November 30 (#3)
November 30, 2007 Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes in Keçiborlu while on approach to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport, killing 57....
History: December 7 (#1)
December 7, 2025 British racing driver Lando Norris wins the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2025 with McLaren....
History: December 14 (#3)
December 14, 2017 The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox movie studio, for $52.4 billion....
History: December 16 (#4)
December 16, 2013 A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured....
History: December 25 (#1)
December 25, 2016 A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board....
History: December 26 (#2)
December 26, 2013 An Irkut-Avia Antonov An-12 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Northwest Airport, killing all nine people on board....
History: December 29 (#1)
December 29, 2024 Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history....
History: December 31 (#2)
December 31, 2018 Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia....