Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan. Date: March 30, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. Date: March 27, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot. Date: March 23, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history. Date: March 12, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. Date: March 11, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles. Date: March 7, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. Date: March 4, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty radio altimeter, resulting in the death of nine passengers and crew including all three pilots. Date: February 25, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this day in 2009…
Soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including 57 army officials. Date: February 25, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. Date: February 20, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅…