Today is Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Today in Crime History Today in Disaster History 1835 - In New York, 530 buildings were destroyed by fire. 1943 - Near Rennert, NC, 72 people died in a derailment and collision of two Atlantic Coast Line trains. 1960 - In New York, New York, a United Airlines flight and a Trans World Super Constellation collided and then crashed into two boroughs. 134 people were killed int he air and on the ground. 1973 - In Vilnuis, Lithuania, 51 people were killed when an Aeroflot flight went into a sudden dive and crashed. 2000 - In Tuscaloosa, AL, a tornado killed 12 people. Today in Death History Tomorrow in Crime History. Tomorrow in Disaster History.