1997 - The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Timothy McVeigh for his role in the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, OK.
1999 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno named former U.S. Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation into the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX.
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1900 - Galveston, TX, was hit by a hurricane that killed about 6,000 people.
1934 - Off Asbury Park, NJ, 134 people were killed by a fire on the Morro Castle.
1970 - In New York, New York, a Trans International Airlines flight crashed during takeoff. All 11 people onboard were killed.
1974 - Off Kefallinia, Greece, 88 people were killed when a TWA Trans World Airlines flight crashed into the Ionian Sea. The crash was caused by an explosive device in the cargo hold. A Palestinian organization claimed responsibility.
1977 - Twenty-five people died when a Burma Airlines flight crashed into Mt. Loi Hsam Hsao, Myanmar.
1994 - Near Aliquippa, PA, 132 people died when a USAir flight crashed into a ravine shortly before it was supposed to land at Pittsburgh International Airport.
1994 - In Russia, a dam designed to contain oil burst and spill an estimated 2 million barrels of oil into the Kolva River tributary. The Russian state-owned oil company claimed that the spill was only 102,000 barrels.
2006 - In Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 people were killed in a car bombing.
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