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Saturday, 11 July 2026

2006

209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.

1995

Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.

A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people.

Over 8000 Bosnian men and children (all Bosniaks) are killed by Serbian troops commanded by Ratko Mladic in Potočari near Srebrenica Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1991

A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261. The Canadian charter flight was ferrying Hajj pilgrims on behalf of Nigeria Airways.

1990

Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.

1987

According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark.

1983

A Boeing 727 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.

1979

America's first space station, ''Skylab'', is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.

1978

Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.

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