On This Day

This Day in History

1. 2022The Burmese military attacked a school in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar during the Let Yet Kone massacre, killing 13 villagers, eight of whom were children.
2. 2022The death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran, Iran, sparked protests around the world.
3. 2021A 6.0 Mw earthquake struck Lu County in Sichuan, China, resulting in three deaths and injuring more than 88 people.
4. 2013At the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., a lone gunman fatally shot 12 people and injured three others.
5. 2007In Baghdad, Academi guards shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians.
6. 2007One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashed during a landing attempt in Thailand following a poorly executed go-around, killing 90 of the 130 people on board.
7. 1990Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, connecting the rail lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
8. 1982A Lebanese militia directly commanded by Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, killing at least 460 civilians.
9. 1979Using a home-made hot air balloon, eight people escaped from East Germany into West Germany.
10. 1963Malaysia was formed as an independent nation comprising the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.
11. 1961Typhoon Nancy, which possibly featured the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, made landfall in Muroto, Japan.
12. 1961The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project attempted to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, an initiative that led to the establishment of Project Stormfury.
13. 1940During the Second World War, Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, though their invasion of Egypt advanced no further.
14. 1844Felix Mendelssohn completed the score for his Violin Concerto, which marked his final concerto.
15. 1776During the American Revolutionary War, American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights on the island of Manhattan.
16. 681At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated after his support for monothelitism was deemed heretical.