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Haisal – On 27 December the passenger ferry sank after being rammed from behind by a cargo ship on the Dhaleshwari River killing 200 people. [32] 200 1987 United Kingdom: Herald of Free Enterprise – Capsized and sank on 6 March due to taking on water just minutes after leaving the harbour at Zeebrugge in Belgium. The doors to the car decks ...
In 2020, Luxembourg became the first country to provide free public transport across its entire territory. [1] Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, is public transport which is fully funded by means other than collecting fares from passengers. It may be funded by national, regional or local ...
With the United States declaration of war on Germany on 11 December, the Atlantic Fleet was officially at war. On 20 December, King became CINCUS. Ten days later he hoisted his flag on USS Vixen and was succeeded as CINCLANT by Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll. [86] [87] Nimitz became the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet on the same day. [88]
New Year's Day. In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks.
The British responded in 1807 with Orders in Council which similarly forbade any shipping to France. [44] By 1807, when Napoleon introduced his Milan Decree , declaring all ships touching at British ports to be legitimate prizes of war, it had become almost impossible for the U.S. to remain neutral. [ 45 ]
An observation base was also built by Turkey in the Nagorno-Karabakh region after the 44-day 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The base was established under the name "Ceasefire Observation Center", and officially started to operate in January 2021 with 60 Turkish and Russian soldiers stationed at the base. [62] Bosnia and Herzegovina
December 6, 1993 (Monday) December 6, 1993: NASA astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton jettisons a damaged HST solar panel into space during STS-61 EVA #2. STS-61: Astronauts Musgrave and Hoffman began the mission's third extravehicular activity at 10:34 p.m. EST. [7] Between 10:00 p.m. on December 6 and 1:00 a.m. on December 7, 46-year-old Lynn Marie ...
Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks. The hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 approaching the South Tower (left) as the North Tower (right) burns next to it. The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of terrorism, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links.