Today is Monday, April 20, 2026

Today in
Crime History

1984 - In Washington, DC, terrorists bombed the Washington Navy Yard Officers Club.

1999 - Thirteen people were killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, when two teenagers opened fire on them with shotguns and pipebombs. The two gunmen then killed themselves.

Today in
Disaster History

1920 - In Starkville, MS, and Waco, AL, 88 people were killed by a tornado.

1967 - In Nicosia, Cyprus, 126 people died when a chartered Swiss Globe Britannia Turboprop crashed while landing.

2010 - In the Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded. Eleven workers were killed.

Today in
Death History

1978 - The Korean Airliner Flight 902 was shot down while in Russian airspace. Two passengers were killed when the plane landed on a frozen lake.





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