[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1993 – SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.

2012 – Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.

2012 – A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.

2015 – The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.

2016 – EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1188 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 587 days.

2024 –  A helicopter crash near Varzaqan, Iran, kills eight people, including President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1792 – A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that killed nearly 15,000 people.

1871 – French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.

1917 – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).

1924 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".

1976 – Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California.

1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.

1996 – The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.

2003 – The 6.8 Mw  Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.

2012 – A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.

2012 – A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.

2014 – Random killings occurred on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 817 days.

2023 –  Twenty children are killed in a fire at a secondary school dormitory in Mahdia, Guyana.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 226 days. 

2024 –  Protests over voting rights changes break out in the French territory of New Caledonia, and have claimed six lives.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.

1932 – In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.

1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

1939 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

1948 – Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

1960 – A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.

1971 – Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, Croatia (then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

1992 – Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.

2006 – Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.

2014 – Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.

2015 – At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.

2016 – Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.

2016 – Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.

2021 – A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.

2021 – Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.

2022 – A high-speed Philippine passenger ferry catches fire near Real, Quezon province killing at least 7 people.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 819 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 228 days. 

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1865 – In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.

1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.

1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.

1955 – In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.

1979 – American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.

1982 – Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.

1985 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.

2002 – China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.

2013 – Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.

2013 – A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.

2020 – George Floyd, an African-American citizen, is murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest when he is forced into a prone position face-down on the ground for more than nine minutes, provoking protests across the United States and around the world.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 821 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 230 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.

1915 – HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.

1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.

1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.

1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.

1977 – A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.

1971 – Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.

1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.

1980 – The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.

1997 – The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.

2006 – The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.

2018 – Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 823 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 232 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.

1914 – The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland  sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.

1920 – The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.

1931 –  Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

1947 – United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43.

1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.

2008 – A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.

2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

2022 – Tara Air Flight 197  crashes in Nepal, killing all 22 people on board.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 825 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 234 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

1921 – The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.

1935 – A 7.7 Mw  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.

1970 – The 7.9 Mw  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.

1973 – Indian Airlines Flight 440 crashes near Indira Gandhi International Airport, killing 48.

1985 – United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.

2013 – A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities and over 150 injuries.

2017 – A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.

2019 – A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 827 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 236 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1780 – The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead.

1941 – World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.

1967 – Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.

1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.

1990 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 829 days.

2023 –  More than 290 people are killed and over 1,100 others injured in a collision between three trains in Balasore, India. 

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 238 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

1967 – Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.

1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.

1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are  suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).

1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

2022 –  At least 49 people are killed and over 400 wounded by an explosion and fire at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Bangladesh.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 831 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 240 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.

1971 – Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.

1971 – Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.

1994 – China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.

2022 –  Gunmen have killed at least 50 church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 833 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 242 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.

1953 – An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.

1966 – Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.

1972 – Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.

1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.

1982 – VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people.

2001 – Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.

2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.

2008 – At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.

2008 – At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.

2014 – At least 28 people are killed in an  attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 835 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 244 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.

1838 – Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.

1886 – Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak.

1942 – World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

1944 – World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.

2008 – Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 837 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 246 days. 

2024 – A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1418 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.

1772 – French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.

1899 – New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.

1914 –  Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.

1921 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.

1943 – The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.

1988 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.

1991 – Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.

2014 – Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It's the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11.

2016 – Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 839 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 248 days.

2024 – A fire in a residential building in Kuwait City's suburb of Mangaf kills at least fifty people.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December                                         

1959 – Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.

1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.

1986 – The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.

2014 – A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.

2017 – Grenfell Tower fire: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 841 days.

2023 – After a migrant boat sinks off the coast of Pylos, Greece, 82 bodies were recovered. Officials had acknowledged that over 500 people were "presumed dead." One hundred and four men were rescued.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 250 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1811 – Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship,  destroying it and killing about 100 attackers.

1819 – A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6 m high, 6 km wide, ridge, extending for at least 80 km, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").

1883 – The  Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.

1944 – In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.

1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs  upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.

1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.

1976 – Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.

1997 – Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.

2013 – A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 842 days.

2023 –In Uganda, the Allied Democratic Forces kill 42 people at a school in Mpondwe.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 251 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.

1972 – Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.

1983 – Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.

1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.

1994 – The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub  with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

1998 – Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.

2007 – The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.

2018 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.1  strikes northern Osaka. 

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 844 days.

2023 –  Five people die in a submersible implosion in the North Atlantic near the wreck of the Titanic. The expansive search and rescue mission and the connected media frenzy extend until debris belonging to the submersible is discovered on the ocean floor on June 22.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 253 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.

1959 – A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.

1964 – A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people.

1973 – Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.

1973 – Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.

1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.

1990 – The 7.4 Mw  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.

1994 – The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 846 days.

2023 –  A riot in a women's prison near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, leaves at least 46 inmates dead.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 255 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.

1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.

1962 – Air France Flight 117 crashes on approach to Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, killing 112 people.

1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

2000 – Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.

2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.

2009 – A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.

2022 –  An earthquake measuring moment magnitude (Mw ) 6.2 struck the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan at 02:24. At least 1,543 people died and over 2,000 people were injured throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan, making it the deadliest earthquake in 2022 and the deadliest earthquake in Afghanistan since 1998.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 848 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 257 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1280 – The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of Moclín the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile.

1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.

1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.

2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.

2021 – The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 850 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 259 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1944 – World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.

1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.

1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

1978 – Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.

1981 – Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish.

1988 – The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board.

2008 – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.

2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

2013 – Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.

2015 – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks. 

2022 –  21 teenagers die during celebrations at the Enyobeni Tavern, a shebeen in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Four more people were injured. No official causes of death have been publicly released as of seven days after the incident.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 852 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 261 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1896 – An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.

1904 – The SS Norge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270 mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.

1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated  in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.

1950 – Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre..

1981 – A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party

1982 – Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people.

2016 – A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 854 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 263 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

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1900 – A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured.

1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.

1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.

1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes  into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.

1963 – Ciaculli bombing:  a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.

1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.

1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.

2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.

2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona.

2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 856 days.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 265 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1979 – A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk  accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.

1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.

1992 – Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.

2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University  in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.

2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.

2015 – Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.

2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach 1 million.

2021 – At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.

2021 – A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured  when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1141 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 540 days.

 2024 –  An Israeli strike kills seven World Central Kitchen workers, Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among those killed in an Israeli air raid in central Gaza.

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1905 – An earthquake hit the Kangra Valley in India, killing more than 20,000 people and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj, and Dharamshala.

1933 – U.S. Navy airship USS Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather, killing 73 of the 76 crewmen and passengers.

1944 – World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.

1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

1977 – Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, killing 72.

1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.

1991 – Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. 3 of the hostage takers and 3 hostages are killed

1994 – Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

2010 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

2013 – More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.

2017 – Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.

2020 – China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease outbreak.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1143 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 542 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

1958 – Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes into Saginaw Bay near Freeland, Michigan, killing 47.

1968 – In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

1970 – Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

1994 – The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

1997 – In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur.

1998 – Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.

2018 – A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collides with a semi-truck in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1145 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 544 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1943 – Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.

1945 – World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis.

1954 – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.

1954 – South African Airways Flight 201, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.

1968 – BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. After an emergency landing, five of the 127 on board die due to the fire.

1970 – Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers accidentally strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.

2006 – Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1147 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 546 days. 

2025 –  A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 226 people.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1815 – Mount Tambora in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.

1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.

1900 – British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.[3]

1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.

1963 – The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean. One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die.

1968 – The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.

1992 – First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.

1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.

1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.

1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.

2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.

2016 – The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.

2016 – An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.

2022 – A bandit gang killed over 150 people in a series of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria, linked to the Nigerian bandit conflict. About 70 people were kidnapped in the attacks.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1149 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 548 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1822 – Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began  a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of Chios.

1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.

1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board. Fifty-two crewmen were killed attempting the salvage of the boat when it sank

1980 – Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.

2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

2010 – Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

2013 – Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.

2014 – The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1151 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 550 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1909 – A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.

1912 – The British passenger liner MS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).

1935 – The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.

1944 – Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.

1986 – The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.

1994 – In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.

1999 – NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.

1999 – A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.

2006 – Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in Jama Masjid, Delhi injure 13 people.

2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

2014 – Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.

2014 – Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1153 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 552 days.

2024 –  Flooding in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula leaves more than thirty people dead

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.

1944 – World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.

1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.

1947 – An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.

1996 – Israel strikes a civilian house in Nabatieh Fawka, Lebanon, killing nine people, including seven children.

2007 – Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.

2013 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.

2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.

2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.

2016 – Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures 6,274.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1155 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 554 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1902 – The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800 and 2,000.

1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1157 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 556 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.

1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.

1961 – Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.

1998 – Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.

1999 –  Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.

2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig  explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.

2012 – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.

2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.

2015 – Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1159 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 558 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1915 – World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.

1945 – World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.

1974 – Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.

1992 – A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206.

1993 – Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

2020 – Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1161 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 560 days.

2024 – Heavy rain triggers flooding in Guangdong Province, causing around 10 deaths and 110,000 evacuations.

2025 – Militants attack a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 26 people.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.

1864 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.

1980 – 146 people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

2005 – A 7-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.

2015 – Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1164 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 563 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1721 – A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.

1900 – Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours. 12,000 people are left without a home.

1937 – Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

1942 – Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.

1966 – The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.

1982 – Fifty-seven people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

1986 – The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

1989 – The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.

1991 – Fifty-five tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.

1994 – China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

2002 – Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1165 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 564 days.

2024 –  A fire at a guesthouse in Porto Alegre kills at least ten people.

2025 –  An explosion and fire at the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran, kills at least 40 people and injures more than 1,200 others

.2025 –  At least 11 people are killed in a car-ramming attack at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1941 – The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.

1945 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany carries out its final use of gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp.

1949 – The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.

1986 – High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.

1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.

1996 – Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.

2004 – CBS News released evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1167 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 566 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

1871 – The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.

1999 – Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing three people and injuring 79 others.

2009 – Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.

2012 – An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.

2014 – A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.

2021 – Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1169 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 568 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp  finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.

1970 – ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23.

1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.

1986 –  Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.

2004 – The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.

2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.

2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill.

2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

2014 – In Odessa, it was a day of violent protests and confrontations between those who supported closer ties with Russia and those fighting what they saw as Moscow’s attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty. In a horrific fire at Odessa's Trade Unions House 42 members of the pro-Russian faction were killed. Six Euromaidan activists were killed on Odessa streets that day.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1171 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 570 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1886 – Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.

1946 – In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.

1949 – The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.

1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.

1978 – The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.

1982 – Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.

1988 – The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire. The disaster caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage.

2002 – One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.

2007 – Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. Ninety-five percent of the city was confirmed to be destroyed, with the other five percent being severely damaged. 12 people die. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

2014 – Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.

2023 – A 21-year-old Serbian man carried out a shooting spree in Dubona, Mladenovac, Belgrade, Serbia, and Malo Orašje, Smederevo, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals, including a police officer, and leaving fourteen others injured.This incident occurred one day after a school shooting in Belgrade.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1173 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 572 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.

1882 – Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

1916 – Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.

1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.

1976 – The 6.5 Mw  Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.

1988 – All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.

2022 – Hotel Saratoga, a five-story luxury hotel in the Old Havana municipality of La Habana, Cuba, suffered a suspected gas leak explosion that damaged large portions of the building as well as surrounding infrastructure. Ninety-nine people were injured, of whom forty-five died. The hotel was undergoing renovations and there were no guests; however, there were fifty-one workers inside.

2023 –  At least 27 workers were killed in a fire at a remote gold mine in southern Peru. 

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1175 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 574 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1842 – A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.

1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.

1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.

1941 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.

1945 – Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.

1945 – The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1963 – South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.

1984 – Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13.

1987 – The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.

1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".

1997 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.

2021 – A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1177 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 576 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 22 and injuring over 120.

1899 – Finnish farmworker Karl Emil Malmelin kills seven people with an axe at the Simola croft in the village of Klaukkala.

1961 – Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78.

1993 – In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.

1996 – A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers  by the next day.

1997 – The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.

2012 – The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1179 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 578 days.

[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1989 – The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.

1998 – Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.

2003 – The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people.

2006 –  Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.

2008 – An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.

2010 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.

2015 – A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.

2015 – Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1181 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 580 days.

2024 – More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple provinces in Afghanistan

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1931 – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.

1940 – World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.

1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilian crew aboard, 268 died, including 63 of the 65 army personnel.

1961 – Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.

1977 – A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.

1980 – Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.

2004 – Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.

2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

2022 – A mass shooting occurred at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in Buffalo, New York, United States. Ten people were killed, and three others were injured; eleven of the victims were African-American.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1183 days

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 582 days.

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[Apocalyptic Calendar]                               January-March  /  July-September  /  October-December

1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.

2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.

2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.

2022 –  Invasion of Ukraine: The war in the Ukraine is ongoing for 1185 days

2023 –  Flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy causes 11 deaths and widespread disruption, including the cancellation of the Formula One Grand Prix.

2023 –  The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza is ongoing for 584 days.

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