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2025-01-30

2025-01-30

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2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
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2025 Potomac River mid-air collision

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On January 29, 2025, a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner operating as American Airlines Flight 5342 and a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operating as Priority Air Transport 25 collided in mid-air over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The collision occurred at 8:47 p.m. at an altitude of about 300…

Marianne Faithfull
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Marianne Faithfull
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Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull was an English singer and actress who achieved popularity in the 1960s with the releas…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author,…

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On This Day

10 events
2020
World_Health_Organization
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.
2013
Korea_Aerospace_Research_Institute
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.
2005
MS_Hans_Hedtoft
Forty-six years to the day after the sinking of the Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft, Queen Margrethe II unveiled a memorial in Copenhagen to the 95 passengers and crew who perished.
2000
Kenya_Airways_Flight_431
Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ivory Coast shortly after takeoff, killing 169 on board.
1979
Varig_Flight_967
Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.
1972
The_Troubles
The Troubles: On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment shot 26 civil-rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing at least 13 people.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.
1964
Nguyễn_Khánh
In a bloodless coup, Nguyễn Khánh overthrew Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three months after Minh's own coup.
1959
MS_Hans_Hedtoft
Danish ocean liner MS Hans Hedtoft sank, resulting in the deaths of all 95 passengers and crew.
1948
Mahatma_Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi (pictured), the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, was fatally shot by Nathuram Godse at Birla House in Delhi.

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