11 April

2023

During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.

Pazigyi massacre

2021

Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser.

Killing of Daunte Wright

2018

An Ilyushin Il-76 owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.

Ilyushin Il-76

2017

The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund is attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco.

Borussia Dortmund

2012

A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias.

2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes

2011

An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus, kills 15 people and injures 204 others.

2011 Minsk Metro bombing

2008

Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.

Kata Air Transport Flight 007

2007

Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.

2007 Algiers Government Palace bombings

2006

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.

President of Iran

2002

The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.

Ghriba synagogue bombing

2002

Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.

2002 Venezuelan coup attempt

2001

The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China, after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.

Lockheed EP-3

2001

The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals.

Australia men's national soccer team

1993

Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.

Prison riot

1993

Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.

Guillem Agulló i Salvador

1990

Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.

Middlesbrough

1987

The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.

Peres–Hussein London Agreement

1986

FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.

1986 FBI Miami shootout

1982

American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carries out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least seven others.

1982 Dome of the Rock shooting

1981

A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.

1981 Brixton riot