26.5 million pounds worth of currency was stolen from the headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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20 December 1987
In the Philippines, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines. An estimated 4,000…
20 December 1987
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…
20 December 1192
Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending…