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Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, P�
The body of actress Peg Entwistle is discovered by police, two days after her suicide by jumping off of the Hollywoodland sign.
Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off West End, Bahamas, killing 34 people.
Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.
The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off to join the American invasion.
The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.
The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the SS Vesta. Only 88 of over 300 people on board�
John Pat, a 16-year old Aboriginal Australian boy, dies of injuries sustained by four off-duty police officers in Roebourne, a catalyst to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students.
NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete cause major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.
War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete causes major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.