The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge_disaster’]
4 January 2018
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad,…
3 January 2000
Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts’]
2 January 1971
The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Ibrox_disaster’]
1 January 2007
Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_enlargement_of_the_European_Union’]
31 December 2014
A New Year’s Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Shanghai_stampede’]
30 December 2006
Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Madrid%E2%80%93Barajas_Airport_bombing’]
29 December 1975
A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_LaGuardia_Airport_bombing’]
28 December 2014
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501′]
27 December 1945
The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund’]