Game of Thrones (season 7)
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On This Day
10 events2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
2007
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.
1996
TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.
1994
Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time.
1992
The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.
1968
Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (pictured), the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.
1948
In Olympia, Greece, the Summer Olympics torch relay, nicknamed the "relay of peace", began.
1944
Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.
1936
Nationalist military officers launch a coup d'état against the Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War
1918
RMS Carpathia, which had rescued survivors of the 1912 Titanic sinking, was sunk by a German U-boat with the loss of five crew.