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This day in history

August 12

2021 Six people, including the perpetrator, were killed in a mass shooting in Plymouth, England. Plymouth shooting →
2016 The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea. Taedonggang Brewing Company →
2000 Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing 118 people. Russian submarine Kursk →
1990 Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured). Faith, South Dakota →
1985 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (aircraft involved pictured) crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Japan, killing 520 of 524 people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, in the world's deadliest single-aircraft aviation disaster. Japan Air Lines Flight 123 →
1969 The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland. The Troubles →
1952 Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions. Night of the Murdered Poets →
1945 An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Smyth Report →
1944 World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies. World War II →
1914 World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of Belgium. World War I →
1883 The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam. Quagga →
1881 Franco-American children as young as seven years old began striking against Cabot Mill in Brunswick, Maine, shutting down operations for three days. French Americans →