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Today in History
Thursday, 07 December 2023
2007
The ''Hebei Spirit'' oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge being towed by a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, ''Hebei Spirit''.
2006
A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
2005
Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2003
The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
1999
The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
1995
The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1994
Norfolk Southern ends its steam excursion program. This is the last time that Norfolk and Western 611 is under steam.
1993
The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1988
Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
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