Chris Payton-Jones

April 12 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1999Bill Clinton
2. 1999NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
3. 20022002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing
4. 20072007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
5. 2009Zimbabwe
6. 2010Merano derailment
7. 20122012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
8. 2013April 2013 Kidal attack
9. 2014Great Fire of Valparaíso
10. 2026Tisza Party
11. 2026Chris Payton-Jones

Also in 2026

• June 142026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionA Bell 206 and AS350 collided in mid-air over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 6 people aboard both aircraft including American singer…
• January 3United StatesThe United States launches a military operation in Venezuela, capturing president Nicolás Maduro (pictured) and his wife.
• January 182026 Adamuz rail disasterAt least 45 people are killed and 292 others injured after two trains collide in Adamuz in the worst railway disaster in over a decade in…
• May 222026 Liushenyu coal mine explosionA gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, leaves at least 82 people dead.
• May 182026 Islamic Center of San Diego shootingA shooting carried out by two gunmen at the Islamic Center of San Diego results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrators.
• May 12026 Canvas data breachAfter a ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters, the education platform Canvas operated by private company Instructure, goes offline,…
• September 621 Air Flight 759821 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon Air, overruns the runway upon landing at Miami International Air…
• January 1BulgariaBulgaria officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country.

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