Events

2019 A plane has crashed into the Mar Menor in Murcia, Spain

2018 Jacksonville, USA mass shooting: 4 shot dead, 10+ wounded, 1 suspect dead

2018 Chemnitz attack

2017 Several people die in crash involving 2 lorries and minibus on M1 near Newport Pagnell

2016 Bus in Nepal plunges into river killing more than 20 passengers

2016 Large explosion hits police checkpoint in Cizre, Turkey

2016 Belgium's le Chalon sport center "half" gone after explosion

2015 Fire at Dublin Airport

2014 3 confirmed dead in UN helicopter crash in South Sudan

2004 International Dog Day

1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War

1991 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev promised that democatic national elections would be held

1978 Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31

1966 The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe

1959 British car manufacturers Austin & Morris launched the "Mini"

1942 The Holocaust in Chortkiav, German occupied western Ukraine

1892 112 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Parc Slip Colliery

1883 The eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage

1863 Battle of Sędziejowice

1789 The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man' was approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France

1498 Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà

1466 A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered

1346 The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French army was confirmed, with victory at the Battle of Crécy

1071 Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert

55 Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar

Events in other languages

2024 Krievijas iebrukums Ukrainā. Kara 914. diena

2021 Pie Kabulas lidostas noticis dubults terorakts, bojā gājuši vismaz 110 cilvēki, to skaitā 13 ASV pilsoņi. Taleban nosodījis šos terora aktus

2021 Tarazā, Kazahstānā sprādzienos munīcijas noliktavā 9 bojāgājušie

2021 Rolands Silaraups: Ja Tramps joprojām būtu bijis ASV prezidents, tas viss nenotiktu...

2020 Baiba Rudevska: Neomarksisti vīrieti padarījuši par visa ļaunuma sakni

2017 Крупнейшее наводнение - тропический шторм «Харви» в Техасе

2014 Крупное ДТП в египетском Луксоре

2014 Minskā notiek miera sarunas Ukrainas jautājumā

1979 Сенатор Джо Байден прибывает в СССР

1976 Liepājas dzintars 76

1970 Podczas próby porwania lecącego z Katowic do Warszawy należącego do PLL LOT samolotu An-24 porywacz przypadkowo zdetonował kostkę trotylu, którą usiłował sterroryzować pasażerów i załogę. Rannych zostało 28 osób

1966 Festivāls “Kad tiekas draugi”

1958 "Krievu nemieri" Čečenijā. Tiek ieņemta apgabala padomes ēka

1954 18 górników zginęło po wdarciu się wody do wyrobiska w KWK „Komuna Paryska” w Jaworznie

1944 26. dzień powstania warszawskiego

1943 Niemiecka żandarmeria zamordowała 58 mieszkańców wsi Jasionowo na Podlasiu

1928 Lidmašīnas avārija pie Vaives Cēsu novadā

1789 Cilvēka un pilsoņa tiesību deklarācija

1723 В Петергофе пущен комплекс фонтанов

1702 Lielais Ziemeļu karš: Alūksnes kapitulācija