https://knowpast.com Daily historical events, births, and deaths from KnowPast. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/august-1 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/august-1 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2023: Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.; 2017: A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.; 2008: The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.; 2008: Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.; 2007: The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-31 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-31 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2020: A De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser collide over Soldotna, Alaska, killing all seven people on board both aircraft, including state representative Gary Knopp.; 2014: Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.; 2012: Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.; 2008: East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.; 2007: Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-30 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-30 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2025: A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean.; 2024: A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.; 2020: NASA's Mars 2020 mission is launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.; 2014: Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.; 2012: A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-29 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-29 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2024: Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This incident, coupled with widespread online misinformation, leads to various racially motivated riots across the UK.; 2021: The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.; 2019: The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.; 2015: The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.; 2013: Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-28 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-28 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2022: Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.; 2018: Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.; 2017: Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.; 2011: While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.; 2010: Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-27 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-27 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2015: Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.; 2002: Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.; 1997: About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.; 1996: In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.; 1995: The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-26 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-26 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2016: The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.; 2016: Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.; 2016: Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.; 2011: A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.; 2009: The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-25 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-25 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2019: National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.; 2018: As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.; 2010: WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.; 2007: Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.; 2001: Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, is assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-24 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-24 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2025: Angara Airlines Flight 2311 crashes on approach to Tynda Airport, killing all 48 people on board.; 2024: A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing 18.; 2019: Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.; 2014: Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.; 2013: Santiago de Compostela derailment: A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-23 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-23 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2018: A wildfire in East Attica kills at least 102 people. It is the deadliest wildfire in the history of Greece.; 2015: NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.; 2014: TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.; 2012: The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.; 2011: A high-speed train rear-ends another on a viaduct on the Yongtaiwen railway line in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, resulting in 40 deaths. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-22 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-22 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2019: Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.; 2013: Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.; 2012: Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah.; 2011: Norway attacks: A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.; 2005: Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-21 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-21 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2025: A Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7BGI crashes shortly after takeoff into Milestone School campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 35 people and injuring 173.; 2024: U.S. President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek a second term and withdraws from the 2024 election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as she launches her own presidential campaign.; 2023: The Barbenheimer phenomenon begins as two major motion pictures, Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy Barbie and Christopher Nolan's epic biographical thriller Oppenheimer, are released in theaters on the same day and audiences, instead of creating a rivalry between the extremely dissimilar films, instead attend and praise both as an informal, surreal double feature.; 2019: Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.; 2012: Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-20 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-20 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2021: American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.; 2019: Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.; 2017: O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.; 2015: A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.; 2015: The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-19 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-19 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2018: The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.; 2014: Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.; 2012: Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.; 2011: Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.; 1997: The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-18 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-18 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2019: A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.; 2014: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.; 2013: The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.; 2012: At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.; 2002: A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado, killing both crew members. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-17 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-17 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2015: At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.; 2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.; 2014: A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.; 2014: Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.; 2007: TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-16 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-16 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2019: A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.; 2015: Four U.S. Marines and a United States Navy Sailor are killed in the a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.; 2013: As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.; 2013: Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn resumes between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist forces, beginning the Rojava–Islamist conflict.; 2009: Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-15 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-15 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2018: France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.; 2016: Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.; 2014: A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.; 2012: South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.; 2009: Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-14 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-14 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2019: A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all nine aboard.; 2016: A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police.; 2015: NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.; 2013: Dedication of the statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture of the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.; 2002: French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-Élysées. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-13 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-13 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2024: Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.; 2020: After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned.; 2016: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.; 2014: Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.; 2013: Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-12 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2026: A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.; 2024: Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashes in Russia's Kolomensky District near Kolomna, killing three.; 2013: Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.; 2012: Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.; 2012: A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-11 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-11 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2021: Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.; 2015: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.; 2011: Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.; 2010: The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.; 2010: In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-10 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-10 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2019: The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.; 2018: Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission.; 2017: Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.; 2016: Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.; 2012: The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-9 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-9 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2025: Earth completes its shortest recorded day due to a slight acceleration in rotation, with July 9 lasting approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds less than 24 hours.; 2011: South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.; 2011: A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.; 2006: One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.; 2006: Italy win their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-8 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-8 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2022: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.; 2014: Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.; 2014: The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço.; 2011: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.; 2003: Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-7 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-7 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2022: Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.; 2021: Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince.; 2019: The United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France.; 2017: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour.; 2016: Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen, killing five of them, in downtown Dallas, Texas at the end of a protest of recent police killings of Black men. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-6 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-6 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2022: The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.; 2021: An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.; 2013: At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.; 2013: A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.; 2013: A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-5 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-5 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2024: Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election.; 2023: The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.; 2022: British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.; 2016: The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.; 2012: The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft). https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-4 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-4 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2025: A devastating flood strikes the Texas Hill Country, killing at least 108 people.; 2025: The Oasis Live '25 tour begins in Principality Stadium, Cardiff, ending a 16-year hiatus.; 2024: The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, wins a landslide majority in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, ending 14 years of Conservative government.; 2015: Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América final.; 2012: The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-3 https://knowpast.com/on-this-day/july-3 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:51:05 GMT 2013: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held.; 2006: The Valencia Metro derailment kills 41 people.; 1996: British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.; 1988: United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.; 1988: The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.