The Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train crosses it, killing 75.

The Soviet Union starts its invasion of Afghanistan.

JonBenét Ramsey, the 6 year old beauty queen is found dead in the basement of her family’s home in Colorado.

The Battle of Hong Kong ends and begins the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong.

A massacre in Sid El-Antri, Algeria kills up to 100 people.

The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days. They survived by cannibalism.

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin re-opens after nearly 30 years, ending the division of East and West Germany.

A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing all 270 on board.

The ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people making its the worst ever maritime…

Riots erupt in Buenos Aires due the the economic crisis