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Today in History

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

2007

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.

2005

The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro gets arrested in Naples, Italy.

1992

Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

1991

The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.

1990

The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan becomes complete at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

1987

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1982

Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.

1980

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.

1978

An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.

1976

Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.

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