Aeroflot Flight 3352 Crashes in Omsk, Killing 178 – October 11, 1984

A radiation detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, United States, detects radioactivity after a truck carrying rebar accidentally passed through the laboratory's area, revealing a contamination incident that occurred in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the previous month. Date: January 16, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅…

Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on…

Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on…