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Killing - Historical Events
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Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.

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1091-10-23

Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing two and demolishing the wooden London Bridge

1192-04-28

Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne confirmed by election. Killing carried out by Hashshashin.

1348-01-25

Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000

1401-07-09

Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000

1421-11-18

Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands

1570-11-01

All Saints Flood, tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland; killing more than 1,000 people.

1654-10-12

The Delft Explosion (gunpowder) devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100.

1667-11-25

A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

1669-03-11

Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000

1669-03-25

Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000

1762-03-10

French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform

1769-08-18

Gunpowder in church in Brescia, Italy, explodes, killing 3,000

1776-09-06

Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6,000.

1783-02-05

Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000

1783-07-29

Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000

1786-06-10

A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.

1787-05-17

English slave ship Sisters, en route from Africa to Cuba, capsizes killing hundreds

1791-07-17

Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people.

1793-04-01

Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000

1805-10-23

Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340

1810-12-22

British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480

1814-02-01

Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200

1814-10-17

London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.

1824-11-19

Storm causes St Petersburg flood, killing 10,000

1831-02-05

Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30

1837-10-09

Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100

1847-11-10

The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

1855-09-03

Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.

1856-04-03

Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos

1863-02-07

HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.

1864-07-15

Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard

1865-03-25

SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400

1865-04-27

Steamboat "SS Sultana" explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home.

1866-07-30

New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.

1870-07-30

Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100

1875-02-24

The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.

1876-07-08

White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5

1879-05-30

An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60.

1880-04-18

An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.

1883-07-28

Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000

1885-05-01

Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands

1885-09-02

In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.

1886-05-05

The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven.

1887-08-10

Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois)

1887-09-05

Gas lamp at Theatre Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200

1888-10-10

Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)

1890-03-27

A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.

1891-03-17

British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574

1892-07-06

Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pa, fire on scabs, killing 7

1894-02-12

Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.

1896-05-27

Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless

1900-05-01

Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah

1901-08-14

SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70

1902-04-05

In Glasgow, Scotland the Ibrox disaster occurs after a section of a grandstand collapses killing 25 and injuring 517

1903-01-12

Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170

1904-06-14

Dutch troops occupy Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants

1905-02-08

Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people

1906-01-22

SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.

1906-04-19

SF Earthquake ends killing 452

1907-08-29

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

1908-01-13

Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killing 171 people.

1914-07-26

Irish Volunteers unload a shipment of 1,500 rifles and 45,000 rounds of ammunition arrived from Germany aboard Erskine Childers' yacht the Asgard; British troops fire on jeering crowd on Bachelors Walk, Dublin, killing three citizens

1914-08-20

Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing thousands

1915-03-25

1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21

1915-05-12

Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250

1915-05-22

Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna, Scotland)

1915-07-07

A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.

1915-08-19

British liner 'SS Arabic' sunk by German submarine without warning leaving Liverpool for New York; killing 44. Creates diplomatic incident

1915-11-09

Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272

1916-02-26

Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930

1916-04-08

In Corona, California, racecar driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.

1916-05-31

British battle cruiser HMS Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 (Battle of Jutland)

1916-07-22

A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10

1916-09-11

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses during reconstruction, killing 11 men, following initially total collapsed on August 29, 1907.

1916-11-16

Russian La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000

1916-11-21

HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people.

1917-06-23

Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000

1917-07-09

British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804

1917-08-04

Pravda calls for the killing of all capitalists, priests & officers

1917-12-12

French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543

1918-02-26

Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604

1918-11-07

The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.

1919-05-01

Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages

1919-05-20

Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550

1919-07-21

Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill)

1919-08-13

British troops open fire on demonstrators in Amritsar, India; killing 350

1920-12-16

8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000

1921-03-18

Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000

1921-07-14

Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Mass, of killing their shoe company's paymaster

1922-05-20

"Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine" killing 90

1923-03-01

Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker

1924-06-28

Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio & Lorain Ohio, killing 93

1925-09-02

The airship USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.

1926-03-14

A train in Costa Rica falls into the Río Virilla, killing 248 and injuring 93.

1926-10-16

Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200

1927-05-18

Bath School Disaster, Bath MI. Andrew Kehoe blows up Bath Consolidated School killing 38 children, 2 teachers.

1928-03-12

In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.

1928-05-19

"Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners

1933-11-28

A Dallas grand jury delivers a murder indictment against Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow for the January 1933 killing of Tarrant County Deputy Malcolm Davis

1934-03-21

Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500

1935-07-20

Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.

1935-09-02

A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423

1937-03-24

Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)

1938-06-19

"Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47

1938-08-27

Two NYC subway trains collide at 116th Street killing 2 and injuring 51

1939-03-01

Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.

1940-02-22

German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578

1940-04-19

"Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY

1940-08-20

Louis Buchalter is indicted on murder charges in Los Angeles for the killing of Harry Greenberg, a mob associate of casino owner Meyer Lansky and mobster Bugsy Siegel

1940-11-11

Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100

1941-01-22

1st mass killing of Jews in Romania

1941-03-16

Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60

1941-06-11

Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews

1942-04-27

Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300

1942-10-02

"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338

1942-10-28

Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)

1943-02-27

The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.

1944-03-20

Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16

1944-04-14

Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376

1944-06-23

4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153

1944-10-02

Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people

1944-11-25

World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.

1945-03-03

RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511

1945-05-07

SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22

1946-04-25

"Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48

1946-05-02

The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.

1947-05-25

Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111

1947-08-18

Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300

1947-09-15

Typhoon Kathleen hit Tone River, Saitama and Tokyo area, killing at least 1,930 and injuring 1,750..

1948-12-03

Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea killing 1,100

1948-12-04

SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die

1950-12-22

2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77

1951-02-06

"Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84

1951-04-16

British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75

1952-03-21

31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US

1952-03-22

Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44

1952-08-15

9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34

1953-01-09

Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249

1953-06-08

Cluster of 6 tornadoes touches down in Flint Michigan killing 113

1953-06-18

USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen

1953-12-24

2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)

1954-09-02

Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20

1954-09-26

Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600

1955-04-03

Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300

1955-08-15

Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland

1955-08-17

Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 & doing $1.8 billion damage

1956-01-01

A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.

1956-06-30

United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128

1957-03-17

Presidential plane crashes on Mt. Manunggal in Cebu, Philippines killing 25 including Filipino President Ramon Magsaysay

1957-09-01

Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400

1957-12-04

2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's, England)

1958-08-14

KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99

1958-09-15

Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)

1958-12-01

Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)

1959-02-03

American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65

1960-03-04

French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100

1960-06-11

House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)

1960-11-14

2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)

1962-03-01

American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95

1962-05-03

Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)

1963-06-03

A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.

1963-09-04

Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.

1963-09-11

Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage

1963-09-17

Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32

1964-02-10

Australian destroyer HMAS Voyager sinks after colliding with aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, killing 82

1964-04-10

Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)

1964-10-04

3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81

1965-03-26

A truck loses control down Moosic Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."

1965-03-30

Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.

1965-03-31

Iberia Airlines Convair 440 crashed into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 47 of 51 occupants.

1965-04-11

40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000

1965-05-20

Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121

1965-11-13

"Yarmouth Castle" burns & sinks off Bahamas, killing 89

1967-01-06

2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140

1967-04-20

A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.

1967-06-04

Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.

1967-06-08

Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen

1967-07-16

Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)

1967-12-15

The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.

1968-04-06

Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)

1968-05-15

A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36

1968-09-11

Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.

1969-03-16

Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155

1969-04-14

Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540

1969-04-23

Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy

1969-06-02

Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices US destroyer USS Frank E Evans in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)

1970-02-10

Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)

1970-07-04

Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons

1970-07-05

Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109

1970-10-02

Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30

1970-10-15

Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35

1970-12-17

Poland: shipyard workers in Gdansk strike; soldiers in Gdynia fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

1971-01-02

A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

1971-02-21

Series of tornadoes cuts through Miss & La killing 117

1971-05-24

A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard

1971-05-25

The Provisional Irish Republican Army throw a time bomb into Springfield Road British Army base in Belfast, killing British Army Sergeant Michael Willetts and wounding seven officers

1971-07-30

Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162

1971-12-04

McGurk's Bar bombing: the UVF explode a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing fifteen Catholic civilians and wounding seventeen others; this was the highest death toll from a single incident in Belfast during 'the Troubles'

1971-12-24

Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later

1972-02-22

The Official Irish Republican Army explodes a bomb at Aldershot military barracks, the headquarters of the Parachute Regiment, killing seven people

1972-03-04

Abercorn Restaurant bombing: a bomb explodes in a crowded restaurant in Belfast, killing two civilians and wounding 130

1972-03-15

Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112

1972-05-05

Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115

1972-05-10

Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77

1972-05-15

Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)

1972-05-26

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) plant a bomb in Oxford Street, Belfast, killing a 64 year old woman

1972-06-04

Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard

1972-06-18

BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118

1972-07-21

2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)

1972-08-14

East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156

1972-09-30

Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)

1972-11-30

Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)

1972-12-08

United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45

1972-12-29

Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101

1973-01-20

A car bomb explodes in Sackville Place, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, killing 1 person and injuring 17 (no organisation claimed responsibility)

1973-02-21

Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108

1973-04-10

BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143

1973-07-31

Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later

1973-09-01

74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

1973-10-24

Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on NJ Turnpike

1974-03-02

16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins

1974-04-27

Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107

1974-05-17

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)explode four bombs in the Republic of Ireland, killing 33 civilians and wounded a further 300(This is the highest number of casualties in a single incident during "The Troubles")

1974-06-30

Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester NY)

1974-08-30

Express train runs at full speed into Zagreb, Yugoslavia, rail yard killing 153

1974-12-04

Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims

1974-12-05

Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)

1975-04-04

USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155

1975-05-19

Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India

1975-05-27

Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38

1975-06-08

2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35

1975-08-20

Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126

1975-10-04

A Cessna 310Q airplane crashes over Wilmington, North Carolina, killing the pilot and severely injuring several pro wrestlers affiliated with the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion. One of the survivors is the legendary Ric Flair.

1975-11-25

A loyalist gang nicknamed the "Shankill Butchers" undertakes its first "cut-throat killing"; the gang was named for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder (by throat slashing) of random Catholic civilians in Belfast

1975-12-12

Gas stove explodes & starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia)

1975-12-19

The Red Hand Commandos, a very secretive Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, explode a no-warning car bomb in Dundalk, killing 2 civilians and wounding 20

1976-05-15

The Ulster Volunteer Force launch gun and bomb attacks on 2 pubs in County Armagh, killing 4 Catholic civilians and wounding many more; a British Army soldier is later convicted for taking part in the attacks

1976-10-13

A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).

1977-05-27

2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582

1977-07-14

North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3

1977-10-17

West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of 4 hijackers

1978-01-01

Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213

1978-01-26

Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40

1978-02-22

2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn

1978-07-06

The Taunton sleeping car fire occurred in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.

1979-01-12

Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100

1979-01-25

1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US

1979-03-14

A Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, China, killing at least 200.

1979-03-17

The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers

1979-04-10

Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.

1979-05-25

American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago killing 273 including 2 on the ground

1980-01-17

Dunmurry train explosion: a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb prematurely detonates on a passenger train near Belfast, killing three and injuring five (including the bombers)

1980-01-28

USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

1980-01-31

Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41

1980-03-18

Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50

1980-03-27

The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.

1980-05-27

The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.

1980-12-31

A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18

1981-02-24

An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.

1981-05-26

Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14

1981-06-11

Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude Golbaf earthquake at Iran, killing at least 2,000.

1981-06-22

2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2

1981-06-22

Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon

1981-07-17

Glasdrumman ambush: the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a British Army post in South Armagh, killing 1 soldier and injuring another

1981-09-28

Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City

1982-01-13

Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, DC, & falls into Potomac River, killing 78

1982-01-23

World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2

1982-03-19

National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27

1982-05-02

Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

1982-07-09

Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153

1982-07-24

Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.

1983-11-27

Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181

1983-12-07

2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93

1983-12-17

The Provisional IRA bombs Harrods department store in London, killing six people and injuring 90

1984-07-12

A car bomb set off by the military wing of the ANC, explodes in Durban South Africa killing 5 and injuring 27 people

1984-12-04

Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.

1985-01-13

Express train derails in Ethiopia, killing at least 428

1985-05-31

41 tornadoes hit Northeast US, killing 88

1985-07-19

The Val di Stava Dam collapse killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

1985-09-06

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.

1986-04-14

Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200

1986-04-25

ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5

1986-05-03

Air Lanka crashes, killing 22

1986-08-21

Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000

1986-08-31

Aeromexico DC-9 & small plane collide in LA, killing 82

1987-07-31

A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage.

1987-10-16

Great Storm of 1987: hurricane force winds to hit much of the South of England killing 23 people.

1987-11-29

A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115

1988-01-02

Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique's western border, killing at least 22 people and injuring 71.

1988-01-18

Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board

1988-04-20

US accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians

1988-12-21

Lockerbie disaster: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed mid air by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland

1989-01-30

Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident

1989-03-23

Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter

1989-04-19

Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors

1989-06-07

Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173

1989-07-09

Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.

1989-09-17

Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62

1989-11-27

Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107

1990-05-29

An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56

1990-05-30

Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135

1990-06-21

7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000

1990-08-29

C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, killing 13

1990-09-27

Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif

1990-12-22

Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen

1991-02-01

US Air & Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32

1991-02-13

US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334

1991-04-05

Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23

1991-04-10

Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138

1991-07-10

L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13

1991-07-22

Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978

1991-07-31

The Medininkai Massacre in Lithuania. Soviet OMON attacks Lithuanian customs post in Medininkai, killing 7 officers and severely wounding one other.

1991-12-20

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

1991-12-21

El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane

1992-02-15

Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys

1992-02-19

Porn producer Jim Mitchell found guilty of killing his brother Artie

1992-03-17

Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29

1992-04-11

Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3

1992-09-27

Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163

1993-01-27

DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12

1993-02-05

Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 & injuring 160

1993-04-02

Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10

1993-04-24

The IRA explodes a 1000kg car bomb in Bishopsgate, London, killing a news photographer and injuring 44 others

1993-05-27

Mafia bombs Uffizi Museum in Florence, killing 6

1993-12-01

Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18

1994-01-07

United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5

1994-01-17

6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage

1994-04-07

Vatican acknowledges Holocaust (Nazis killing Jews) for 1st time

1994-04-20

Danny Harold Rolling sentenced to death in Florida for killing 5

1994-09-08

USAir Boeing 737 crashes at Pitts Airport, killing all 132 on board

1994-11-15

6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45

1994-12-13

American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15

1995-02-17

Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the Long Island Rail Road in NY

1995-04-24

Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B Murray

1995-05-02

Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six

1995-05-28

Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people

1995-09-12

Belarus military shoots down a hydrogen balloon, killing its two American pilots.

1995-11-22

Rosemary West found guilty in England of killing 10 women

1996-03-20

Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents

1996-07-17

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

1996-08-06

Korean Air Flight 801 crashes in the United States territory of Guam, killing 228 people

1996-08-29

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

1996-10-31

Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAM) Flight 402, a Fokker F100, crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.

1997-02-04

En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.

1997-03-14

Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80

1997-06-02

Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168

1997-06-10

Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.

1997-06-24

Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom

1997-07-13

Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77

1997-09-03

A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

1997-10-10

An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

1998-01-25

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.

1998-02-02

Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board

1998-03-24

A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.

1998-04-20

TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53.

1998-05-30

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

1998-07-24

Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.

1998-10-11

A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people.

1998-10-17

At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging gasoline.

1998-12-11

Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101

1999-01-04

Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.

1999-01-25

A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.

1999-02-23

An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.

1999-02-24

A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.

1999-05-03

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is slammed by an F5 tornado killing forty-two people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.

1999-08-11

The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.

1999-08-17

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.

1999-08-31

The first of a series of apartment bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.

1999-08-31

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.

1999-09-07

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.

1999-10-27

Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.

1999-10-31

EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.

2000-01-14

A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.

2000-01-30

Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.

2000-01-31

Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard.

2000-05-13

In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.

2000-07-10

A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.

2000-07-25

Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground.

2000-08-23

A Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.

2000-09-26

M/S Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.

2000-10-12

The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39

2000-10-31

A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50

2000-10-31

A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 006 collides with construction equipment upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan killing 79 passengers and four crew members

2000-11-15

A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people

2000-12-13

The "Texas 7" escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas later going on a crime spree and killing police officer Aubrey Hawkins

2000-12-19

The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, killing one person and injuring three.

2000-12-30

Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

2001-01-13

Earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 strikes El Salvador, killing more than 840 people

2001-01-25

A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24

2001-02-13

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.

2001-03-04

Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.

2001-07-03

A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.

2001-09-11

Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people onboard

2001-09-21

AZF chemical plant explodes in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people

2001-10-08

A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.

2001-11-12

In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

2002-01-28

TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.

2002-02-12

An Iran Air Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119.

2002-02-14

Fishing vessel Tullaghmurray Lass sinks off the coast of Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland killing three members of the same family on board.

2002-03-02

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).

2002-03-19

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.

2002-03-21

In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

2002-04-15

An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128.

2002-05-03

A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.

2002-05-07

A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

2002-05-09

In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.

2002-05-25

China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.

2002-07-01

A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.

2002-07-27

Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.

2002-08-19

A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.

2002-09-26

The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.

2002-10-12

Terrorists explode two bombs in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and injuring 209 mostly foreign tourists

2003-02-01

Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

2003-02-20

During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 300 others.

2003-03-28

In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.

2003-05-21

An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.

2003-07-10

A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.

2003-07-22

Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

2003-08-05

A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.

2003-10-15

The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.

2003-12-23

PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.

2003-12-26

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.

2004-01-03

Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.

2004-02-14

In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.

2004-03-02

War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

2004-03-11

Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter train and rocking three stations, killing 190

2004-04-20

In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.

2004-04-22

Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.

2004-05-23

Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.

2004-09-07

Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.

2004-09-09

2004 A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.

2004-10-23

A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

2004-11-06

An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 6 and injuring 150.

2004-11-30

Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.

2004-12-26

A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people.

2005-01-10

A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.

2005-01-26

Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

2005-03-13

Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.

2005-07-07

Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700

2005-07-23

Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.

2005-08-12

An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.

2005-08-16

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 aboard.

2005-08-23

TANS Peru Flight 204 crashes near Pucallpa, Peru, killing 41.

2005-09-05

Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.

2005-09-23

FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.

2005-10-02

The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.

2005-11-09

Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.

2005-12-23

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.

2006-01-19

Terrorist blows himself up in Tel Aviv, killing only himself but injuring 20 people, one of them seriously.

2006-02-04

A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.

2006-05-03

Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea, killing 113 people on board, with no survivors.

2006-05-27

The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.

2006-07-10

Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.

2006-09-22

A German maglev train crashes, killing 23.

2006-12-09

Moscow suffers its worst fire since 1977, killing 45 women in a drug rehabitational center.

2007-02-12

A gunman opens fire in a mall in Salt Lake City, killing 5 people in the Trolley Square shooting.

2007-02-23

A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.

2007-03-01

Tornadoes swarm across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths were at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama.

2007-04-20

Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.

2007-07-16

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.

2007-08-15

An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

2007-09-16

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.

2007-10-18

After 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing over 100 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured.

2007-10-19

Bomb explosion rocks Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, the Philippines killing 11, injuring more than 100 people.

2007-11-13

An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.

2007-11-15

A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.

2007-12-05

Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.

2008-05-02

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

2008-05-12

2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people

2009-02-12

Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in the state of New York killing 50 people.

2009-03-27

Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at least 99 people.

2009-04-06

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing at least 253.

2009-04-12

U.S. Navy rescues captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates and capturing a fourth.

2009-06-22

2009 Washington Metro subway crash: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing 9 and injuring over 80.

2009-06-30

Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros killing 152 people and leaving 1 survivor

2009-07-30

A bomb explodes in Palma Nova, Mallorca, killing 2 police officers. Basque separatist group ETA is believed to be responsible.

2010-01-01

Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100

2010-01-12

Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince

2010-01-17

A dragon boat from Chung Ling High School capsizes and collides with a tugboat amid strong currents in Penang, Malaysia, killing 6 people and injuring 12

2010-01-25

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on-board.

2010-03-29

Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.

2010-04-10

Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński.

2010-12-11

Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm, Sweden, killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.

2011-02-22

An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people

2011-03-11

An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

2011-05-22

An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950.

2011-07-13

Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

2011-08-06

A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.

2011-10-23

A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.

2011-11-25

Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.

2011-11-26

2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.

2012-01-07

Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11

2012-03-16

Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house killing ten people in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan

2012-03-24

African Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony

2012-04-04

Somalia's National Theatre is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation

2012-04-30

Overloaded ferry in the Brahmaputra River, India, killing 103 people

2012-06-04

Wedding party bus crashes killing 23 and injuring 60 people in Islamabad, Pakistan

2012-06-07

A bus falls into a ravine in La Paz, Bolivia, killing 16 and injuring 32 people

2012-06-23

A bus carrying Czech tourists crashes in Croatia killing 8 and injuring 44

2012-07-26

North Korea is hit by Tropical Storm Khanun, killing 88 people and leaving 60,000 people homeless

2012-08-05

Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide

2012-08-24

Yangmingtan Bridge collapses in China killing three people

2012-09-11

The US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is stormed, looted and burned down, killing five people, including the US ambassador

2012-10-24

Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Jamaica killing 1 person and causing over $50 million in damage

2012-10-25

Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage

2012-10-26

Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in the Bahamas killing 2 people and causing over $300 million in damage

2012-11-01

Acid is poured over a 15 year old girl by her parents after being seen talking to a young man in an "honour killing" in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

2012-11-09

An Algerian C-295 military transport plane crashes near Avignon, France, killing 6 people

2012-12-04

Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines killing at least 81 people

2013-01-16

A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages

2013-02-01

The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people

2013-02-26

A hot air balloon crashes in Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 tourists

2013-05-07

Jolly Nero, an Italian cargo ship, crashes into the port of Genoa, killing seven people

2013-06-14

Massive flooding occurs in northern India killing up to 10,000 people

2014-07-17

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes (presumed shot down by either pro-Russian separatists or the Ukrainian militia), killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board

2014-10-21

Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

2014-12-28

AirAsia Flight QZ8501, enroute from Surabaya to Singapore, crashes in the Java Sea killing all 162 people aboard.

2015-11-14

Paris attacks: Horror as terror strikes France again, killing 132 people

2015-12-01

US Marine found guilty of killing transgender woman in Philippines

2016-03-11

Gunmen Open Fire on Backyard Party Near Pittsburgh, Killing 5

2016-05-01

Building Collapses in Kenyan Capital, Killing at Least 10

2016-05-31

Outrage mounts over gorilla killing in boy's rescue at Ohio zoo

2016-06-07

Harambe gorilla killing: No charges for boy's mother

2016-06-18

Thomas Mair, Suspected in the Jo Cox Killing, Is Charged With Murder

2016-06-26

Islamist Militants Storm Hotel in Somalia, Killing at Least 6

2016-08-16

Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque

2016-08-28

Man Confesses to Killing 2 Nuns in Rural Mississippi, the Police Say

2016-11-20

Train in Northern India Derails, Killing at Least 45 People

2016-12-18

Indonesian C-130 Military Plane Crashes in Papua, Killing 13

2016-12-21

Turkey tells US that cleric Gulen was behind Russian diplomat's killing

2017-01-25

Helicopter Carrying Injured Skier Crashes in Italy, Killing 6

2017-02-16

Malaysia Arrests Second Woman in Killing of Kim Jong-un's Half Brother

2017-02-18

North Korean man arrested over killing of Kim Jong-nam

2017-04-17

Manhunt underway in Cleveland for suspect who broadcast killing on Facebook: Police

2017-06-19

Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque, killing at least one

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Killing - Birthdays
Date Event
1847-05-10

Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)

1893-03-22

Tito Vuolo, The Killing

1898-03-06

Jay C Flippen, Little Rock AR, actor (Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay)

1903-02-17

Lillian Shore, The Killing

1903-08-06

Richard Towers, The Killing

1905-07-25

Louis DeWitt, The Killing

1907-10-08

Howard Joslin, The Killing

1907-9-16

Harry Reif, The Killing

1908-03-22

Sol Gorss, The Killing

1908-08-26

Mary Carroll, The Killing

1909-05-07

Maggie Paige, The Killing of Sister George

1910-03-05

Betty Steinberg, The Killing

1910-08-08

Don Turner, The Killing

1911-04-04

Dave Koehler, The Killing

1911-08-20

Karl Brainard, The Killing

1911-12-30

John Kullers, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1912-08-24

Anthony Redondo, Echo of a Killing

1913-02-13

Bud Pine, The Killing

1913-03-14

Jay Barney, The Killing Fields

1913-04-23

Ljuba Hermanová, Killing the Devil

1913-05-25

Jordan Shelley, A Climate for Killing

1914-03-18

Jack Rabin, The Killing

1914-12-16

Shirley Wolford, A Time for Killing

1915-08-22

Hugh Paddick, The Killing of Sister George

1916-02-13

James Griffith, The Killing

1916-08-05

Rex Lipton, The Killing

1919-06-17

Beryl Reid, The Killing of Sister George

1920-03-26

Joan Harris, The Killing Fields

1920-11-09

Ira Wheeler, The Killing Fields

1921-01-17

Herbert Ellis, The Killing

1921-02-06

Zbigniew Plato, A Short Film About Killing

1921-02-10

Nelson Wolford, A Time for Killing

1921-04-08

Franco Corelli, The Killing Fields

1921-9-02

Gene Darcy, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1922-06-05

Henryk Guzek, A Short Film About Killing

1922-10-05

Fred Gabourie, The Killing

1922-10-23

Coleen Gray, The Killing

1922-9-21

Eddie Saenz, The Killing

1924-02-26

Mark Bucci, My Friends Need Killing

1924-06-02

June Callwood, The Sleepwalker Killing

1925-11-15

John Gibson, The Killing Bottle

1926-05-13

Zdzislaw Tobiasz, A Short Film About Killing

1926-12-15

Steve Mitchell, The Killing

1927-01-04

Thomas Noguchi, The Killing of America

1928-02-13

Gerald Fried, The Killing

1928-06-30

Frank Marcus, The Killing of Sister George

1928-07-09

Vince Edwards, The Killing

1929-10-23

Merv Adelson, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1931-06-20

Lech Pietrasz, A Short Film About Killing

1932-03-21

Andrzej Bursa, Killing Auntie

1932-12-11

Nancy Holloway, The Killing Game

1933-01-27

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Unlawful Killing

1933-02-28

Arlene Allison, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1933-9-21

Judy Moorcroft, The Killing Fields

1934-08-29

Floyd Smith, A Killing in a Small Town

1934-10-05

Ivan Lyons, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1934-9-13

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, A Short Film About Killing

1935-08-04

Jan Tesarz, A Short Film About Killing

1935-11-06

Leslie Lee, The Killing Floor

1936-02-26

Nihat Ziyalan, Killing caniler krali

1936-11-30

Rudi Stern, Haití: Killing the Dream

1937-05-31

Keith Denny, The Killing Fields

1937-08-04

David Bedford, The Killing Fields

1937-11-15

Jean Sobieski, And Then a Time for Killing

1937-9-28

Donald Gee, Killing Me Softly

1938-05-13

Eberhard Schoener, The Killing Fields

1938-12-26

Bahram Beizai, Killing Mad Dogs

1939-11-13

George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly

1940-03-22

Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields

1940-06-24

Robert Smith, The Killing of Angel Street

1940-11-15

Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields

1941-01-06

Aleksander Bednarz, A Short Film About Killing

1941-01-12

Gary Lee Marshall, My Friends Need Killing

1941-05-05

Ian Spencer Holt, An Incomplete Killing

1941-06-05

Spalding Gray, The Killing Fields

1942-01-28

Oktay Gürsel, Killing vs. Frankenstein

1942-04-04

Kitty Kelley, Unlawful Killing

1942-9-22

Gail Bowen, A Killing Spring

1942-9-23

Dith Pran, The Killing Fields

1943-01-04

Jean Kilbourne, Killing Us Softly 3

1943-03-30

Dennis Etchison, Killing Time

1943-11-10

Edouard Niermans, Killing Time

1944-03-19

Sirhan Sirhan, The Killing of America

1944-05-07

Sivi Aberg, The Killing of Sister George

1944-05-18

Nizar Hamdoon, Saddam's Bomb Maker/Killing to Die/Classic: Caitlin's Story

1945-06-03

Bill Paterson, The Killing Fields

1945-11-17

Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields)

1945-11-17

Roland Joffé, The Killing Fields

1945-9-12

Hafize Gun, Killing the Shadows

1945-9-19

Kate Adie, The Killing Factories

1946-04-23

Andrew Richter, A Killing in a Small Town

1946-07-29

Gary Mack, The Killing of America

1947-01-10

Krzysztof Skudzinski, Killing Auntie

1947-04-18

Herbert Mullin, The Serial Killing Saviour

1947-11-13

Christopher Mellows, Killing Time

1947-9-21

Bjarne Bjørndalen, Essential Killing

1948-08-24

Azizi Johari, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1948-12-18

Ed Kemper, The Killing of America

1949-03-10

Rinto Harahap, The Act of Killing

1949-10-18

Andrew Piddington, The Killing of John Lennon

1950-02-07

Richard Beauchamp, The Killing of Randy Webster

1950-06-13

Bob Balogh, A Killing

1950-08-15

Gaylen Ross, Killing Kasztner

1951-03-12

Kevin Jones, Under a Killing Moon

1951-03-21

Barbara Dziekan, A Short Film About Killing

1952-02-18

Efva Attling, I managen med Glenn Killing - Del IV live från Berns

1952-08-21

Elizabeth Alexander, The Killing of Angel Street

1953-08-16

Vincent Curatola, Killing Them Softly

1953-12-09

John Malkovich, Christopher Ill, actor/director (Killing Fields)

1953-12-25

Phil Brock, A Climate for Killing

1954-04-26

Robert Mazurkiewicz, Essential Killing

1955-01-18

Paul Sparks, Unlawful Killing

1955-04-03

Iwona Glebicka, A Short Film About Killing

1956-05-09

Wayne Henley, The Killing of America

1956-08-31

Roger Eaton, The Killing of John Lennon

1956-11-09

Roni Kaldaron, Killing Kasztner

1957-01-16

Krzysztof Globisz, A Short Film About Killing

1957-03-02

Dariusz Juzyszyn, Essential Killing

1958-04-12

Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)

1958-10-17

Gig Rauch, Killing Device

1959-01-31

Matt Mahurin, I Like Killing Flies

1959-02-11

Sheila Grier, The Killing Philosophy

1959-04-23

James Monroe Black, A Killing in a Small Town

1959-05-28

Sean French, Killing Me Softly

1959-08-11

Zbigniew Borek, A Short Film About Killing

1959-08-14

Miroslawa Zaborowska, Killing Auntie

1959-11-22

Janusz Bykowski, Essential Killing

1960-01-17

Virginia Duff, Unlawful Killing

1960-03-05

Cheryl Duran, Stop It, You're Killing Me

1960-05-03

Adam Sikora, Essential Killing

1960-06-29

Teri Weinberg, Killing Kennedy

1960-11-01

M. Jearl Vinot, Killing Time

1960-9-08

Perry Monroe, Killing Spree

1961-01-16

Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)

1961-01-20

Ezel Akay, Killing the Shadows

1961-01-26

Julia Kent, Killing Blue

1961-07-18

Andrew Weems, The Killing Floor

1962-01-31

Hayk Kirakosyan, Killing the Shadows

1962-04-09

Michael Kirkup, Killing Time

1962-04-27

Calista Carradine, The Killing Machine

1962-08-27

Jolanta Mielech, A Short Film About Killing

1963-01-13

Richard Tomlinson, Unlawful Killing

1963-03-29

Troy Anderson, How to Live with a Vegan Without Killing Them

1963-12-15

Miroslaw Baka, A Short Film About Killing

1963-12-25

Rhonda Floyd Aguillard, Killing Them Softly

1964-05-16

Blair Berk, Killing Them Softly

1964-07-24

Brian Hamilton, If It's Wright, It's Wrong/Recruitment Ad/Killing Time

1964-11-24

Randy Gilbert, Family Property Backwoods Killing Spree

1965-05-16

Carlos Castaño, The True Story of Killing Pablo

1965-07-06

Maciej Gasiorek, Killing Love

1965-10-24

Paul Vates, The Killing Zone

1965-12-02

Stephen Lattimer, You're Killing Me...

1965-9-11

Bashar al-Assad, Bashar Al-Assad/Killing Cancer

1965-9-27

Kenny Yakkel, Killing Zoe

1966-10-24

Ragip Savas, Killing the Shadows

1966-12-01

Matthew Laborteaux, actor (Killing Stone, Deadly Friend)

1967-01-09

Chantal Hébert, The Killing Machine

1967-05-05

Levent Kazak, Killing the Shadows

1967-10-09

Julian Boote, The Killing Zone

1968-01-10

Lyle Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)

1968-07-18

Florin Piersic Jr., Killing Time

1970-9-14

Mark Warner, Killing Time

1971-01-28

Adam Schefflan, The Killing Gene

1971-03-14

Cem Karakaya, Killing the Shadows

1971-05-20

Pawel Mykietyn, Essential Killing

1971-06-07

Kari Kupcinet, Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

1971-07-24

Krzysztof Sztabinski, Essential Killing

1971-08-20

Helen Grace, Killing Me Softly

1971-11-27

Eric Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)

1973-01-08

Rafal Paradowski, Essential Killing

1973-03-03

Grzegorz Jurek, Essential Killing

1973-10-31

Hannes Dükler, Killing Joe

1973-11-14

William Wakayama, The Killing Machine

1974-02-15

Richard Leone, Killing the Badge

1974-05-17

Sebnem Dönmez, Killing the Shadows

1974-06-09

Jeremy Benning, Killing Lincoln

1974-9-23

Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing

1975-01-29

Gunn Tove Grønsberg, The Act of Killing

1975-03-06

Chris Sanders, Chill: The Killing Games

1975-10-17

Myron Davis, Something Is Killing Tate

1975-10-27

Brad Rego, The Killing of Jacob Marr

1975-12-08

Tara Deshpande, Encounter: The Killing

1975-9-18

Ben Woodiwiss, Benny Loves Killing

1976-05-08

Iain K. MacLeod, The Killing of Kings

1976-08-21

Wade Rikert, Killing Cupid

1976-08-23

Darren Scharf, Killing Time

1976-11-19

Corey Ziemniak, Something Is Killing Tate

1976-11-24

Jakub Niescierow, Killing Love

1977-01-27

Ryan Reinike, Texas Killing Fields

1977-03-25

Myan Kallweit, The Killing Gene

1977-08-18

Sean Carter, The Killing Room

1977-08-29

Shameek Cook, CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America

1977-11-06

Zach Cohen, Essential Killing

1977-11-28

Willy Louis-Charles, Killing Them Softly

1978-05-03

Jesse Roberts, The Killing Gene

1978-06-07

Zac Reaney-Barker, Killing Zelda Sparks

1978-07-28

Mine Tugay, Killing the Shadows

1978-08-04

Kurt Busch, The Killing in Haditha/Simon Cowell

1978-10-31

Veronica Formosa, A Killing Spring

1978-11-04

Simon Barber, Killing Time at Home

1978-11-16

John-Philip Vazquez, UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine

1979-9-21

Mariah Lynn, Killing Courtney Luv

1980-01-03

Kyle Willshire, Killing Time

1980-03-25

Dean Stobbart, Killing Time

1980-05-24

Maria Kristensen, The Act of Killing

1980-12-13

Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas, The Act of Killing

1981-05-22

Michael di Martino, Killing Time

1982-01-24

Jordan Oschin, The Killing Jar

1982-02-26

Yusuf Aslanyurek, Killing the Shadows

1982-04-03

Juan Pablo Veiza, Killing Kennedy

1982-05-22

Samuel Sumners, Killing Christian

1982-07-02

Malcolm Metoyer, A Killing in Choctaw

1982-07-03

Klaudia Kaca, Essential Killing

1982-08-14

Travis Ducsay, Killing Streets

1982-12-07

Jesse Johnson, Killing Lincoln

1982-12-08

Rachel Diamond, Killing Time

1983-01-06

Chris Wheelz Curry, Killing Addiction

1983-05-28

Eric Louis Madrid, Killing Holly

1984-01-02

Varg Strande, Essential Killing

1984-03-12

Helen Penjam, Killing Me Softly

1984-05-14

Marcin Pempus, Killing Love

1984-06-19

Attila Csabai, Essential Killing

1984-08-20

A. Marshal Ward, Killing Hasselhoff

1984-08-29

Margeaux Baulch, Killing the Badge

1985-02-14

Jacob Parker, A Killing in a Small Town

1985-07-17

Hazuki Suzuki, Killing Bee

1985-07-18

Jesse Sarah Vilinsky, Killing Frisco

1985-07-29

Jeremy Ambler, Killing Lincoln

1986-07-16

Roger Conners, Chill: The Killing Games

1986-12-11

Gary Carr, Killing Time

1986-12-22

Travis L. Cook, Small Town Killing

1987-01-12

Robert Krauss, Texas Killing Fields

1987-07-20

Kevin P. Regan, Killing Jesus

1987-9-02

Haley Alexis, Killing Holly

1988-10-01

Cariba Heine, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne

1989-03-22

Shannon Drapalski, Killing Time

1989-08-16

Erin Blase, Killing of the Alaskan King Crab

1989-10-20

Daniel Bratterud, Essential Killing

1989-11-09

Helmann Wilhelm, Killing Time

1990-03-13

Even Løken Bergan, Essential Killing

1990-06-20

Angelia DeLuca, Chill: The Killing Games

1990-08-23

Hank Burditt, Killing Babies

1990-11-10

Andrew Carlson, Killing Them Softly

1992-10-13

Vilbjørn Ruus, Essential Killing

1992-9-21

Seán Doyle, Killing Bono

1993-07-21

Felicity Flesher, It Won't Fit in a Killing Jar

1993-11-23

Dakota Lustick, Killing time

Killing - Deaths
Date Event
1923-02-11

Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)

1975-06-18

Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king

1978-11-02

Harry Reif, The Killing

1979-08-29

Richard Towers, The Killing

1980-03-18

Dave Koehler, The Killing

1980-04-30

Lillian Shore, The Killing

1982-04-21

Joe Sawyer, The Killing

1982-06-15

Don Turner, The Killing

1984-07-18

James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds

1984-12-05

Gene Darcy, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1985-05-19

Jay Barney, The Killing Fields

1985-06-17

John Kullers, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1985-12-26

Lionel White, The Killing

1987-05-25

Jack Rabin, The Killing

1987-11-03

Rex Lipton, The Killing

1988-03-16

Dorothy Adams, The Killing

1988-06-15

Henryk Guzek, A Short Film About Killing

1989-01-23

Mary Carroll, The Killing

1991-11-25

Bud Pine, The Killing

1991-12-13

Judy Moorcroft, The Killing Fields

1992-08-18

Louis DeWitt, The Killing

1993-09-17

James Griffith, The Killing

1993-11-29

Zbigniew Plato, A Short Film About Killing

1994-08-18

Ivan Lyons, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1994-10-27

Richard Beauchamp, The Killing of Randy Webster

1994-11-10

Nelson Wolford, A Time for Killing

1994-11-15

Jordan Shelley, A Climate for Killing

1996-02-25

Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45

1996-02-25

Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields

1996-03-11

Vince Edwards, The Killing

1996-05-21

Ljuba Hermanová, Killing the Devil

1996-08-05

Frank Marcus, The Killing of Sister George

1996-10-13

Beryl Reid, The Killing of Sister George

1997-02-17

Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter

1998-10-24

Andrew Richter, A Killing in a Small Town

1999-11-06

George V. Higgins, Killing Them Softly

2000-11-09

Hugh Paddick, The Killing of Sister George

2002-01-06

Arlene Allison, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

2002-07-17

Keith Denny, The Killing Fields

2002-08-10

Ira Wheeler, The Killing Fields

2002-08-22

Mark Bucci, My Friends Need Killing

2003-07-04

Nizar Hamdoon, Saddam's Bomb Maker/Killing to Die/Classic: Caitlin's Story

2003-10-29

Franco Corelli, The Killing Fields

2004-01-10

Spalding Gray, The Killing Fields

2004-04-16

Carlos Castaño, The True Story of Killing Pablo

2004-08-06

Maggie Paige, The Killing of Sister George

2006-02-19

William Wakayama, The Killing Machine

2006-08-15

Rudi Stern, Haití: Killing the Dream

2007-01-23

Steve Mitchell, The Killing

2007-04-14

June Callwood, The Sleepwalker Killing

2007-08-10

Anthony Redondo, Echo of a Killing

2007-10-20

Paul Raven, British bass-player (Killing Joke, Ministry) (b. 1961)

2008-03-30

Dith Pran, The Killing Fields Photographer (b. 1942)

2008-03-30

Dith Pran, The Killing Fields

2008-05-22

Floyd Smith, A Killing in a Small Town

2008-11-09

Shirley Wolford, A Time for Killing

2009-07-14

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, A Short Film About Killing

2011-10-01

David Bedford, The Killing Fields

2013-01-27

Aleksander Bednarz, A Short Film About Killing

2013-05-14

Lech Pietrasz, A Short Film About Killing

2014-01-20

Leslie Lee, The Killing Floor

2014-02-14

Jordan Oschin, The Killing Jar

2015-02-09

Rinto Harahap, The Act of Killing

2015-07-15

Gary Mack, The Killing of America

2015-08-03

Coleen Gray, The Killing

2015-09-08

Merv Adelson, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

2016-07-10

Killing Fields journalist Sydney Schanberg dies at 82


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