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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�
The paddle steamer SS Arctic sank after a collision with SS Vesta 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newfoundland, killing approximately 320 people.
A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people.
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.
A ferry collision off Lamma Island, Hong Kong, killed 39 people and injured 92 others.
A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths.
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.
At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.
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 earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaii.
An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete causes major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.
Aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash, killing all 26 people aboard.
Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and pa�
The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.