2015 A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.
2011 A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
2011 Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.
2009 Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
2009 General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
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892 yrs Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (died 1158) (b. 1134)
726 yrs Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (died 1338) (b. 1300)