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Events. 1807 – Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, rises to 16. All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze. Twenty-six people are killed by wildfires in Algeria, mostly in the city of El Taref. . International relations. Israel–Turkey relations
On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 crew and passengers.Flight 214 had originated at Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, flying to Friendship Airport near Baltimore, and then took off for Philadelphia.
Disasters An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F4 aircraft crashes in the southern province of Bushehr ; both pilots survive. (AFP via Google News) (Press TV) Tornado has swept threw south western part of Lithuania, near city of Rusnė (Delfi). A train derails in Sudbury, Suffolk, UK after hitting a sewage truck on a level crossing, injuring 18 people. Main article: 2010 Sudbury train ...
International relations Médecins Sans Frontières state that Sudanese refugees are in 'humanitarian disaster' in South Sudan. (BBC) Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, meets Chinese leader Hu Jintao. (AFP via Google News) Law and crime Russia: A Moscow court convicts three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and ...