Editing April 12 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[240]] &ndash; [[Shapur I]] becomes co-emperor of the [[Sasanian Empire]] with his father [[Ardashir I]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Christopher|last=Buck|title=Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha'i Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFNWbqJXQsEC&pg=PA54|date=13 May 1999|publisher=[[SUNY Press]]|isbn=978-0-7914-4062-9|pages=54–}}</ref>
* [[467]] &ndash; [[Anthemius]] is elevated to [[Roman emperor|Emperor of the Western Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Lesley|last1=Adkins|author-link1=Roy and Lesley Adkins|first2=Roy A.|last2=Adkins|author-link2=Roy and Lesley Adkins|title=Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JJdqJ8YGH8C&pg=PA36|year=1998|publisher=[[Oxford University Press|OUP USA]]|isbn=978-0-19-512332-6|pages=36}}</ref>
* [[627]] &ndash; King [[Edwin of Northumbria]] is converted to Christianity by [[Paulinus of York|Paulinus]], Bishop of [[York]].<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Rollason|author-link=David Rollason|title=Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mSogG6ZqN4C&pg=PA77|date=25 September 2003|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-81335-8|pages=77}}</ref>
*[[1012]] &ndash; Duke [[Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia|Oldřich of Bohemia]] deposes and blinds his brother [[Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia|Jaromír]], who flees to [[Greater Poland|Poland]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[1204]] &ndash; The [[Crusaders]] of the [[Fourth Crusade]] breach the walls of [[Constantinople]] and [[Siege of Constantinople (1204)|enter the city]], which they completely occupy the following day.<ref>{{cite book|last=Claster|first=Jill N.|title=Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095-1396|location=Toronto|publisher=University of Toronto Press|date=2009|isbn=9781442600584|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JP6OzSDQJlwC|page=214}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; The [[Union Flag]] is adopted as the flag of [[Kingdom of England|English]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] ships.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shapiro|first=James S.|title=The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2016|isbn=9781416541653|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLA9DQAAQBAJ|page=345}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: With the [[Halifax Resolves]], the [[North Carolina Provincial Congress]] authorizes its [[Second Continental Congress|Congressional]] delegation to vote for independence from Britain.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Frances H.|title=The American Revolution: A Historical Guidebook|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780199324224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wC6TAwAAQBAJ|page=86}}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; American Revolution: A [[Royal Navy]] fleet led by Admiral [[George Rodney]] defeats a French fleet led by the [[Comte de Grasse]] at the [[Battle of the Saintes]] off [[Dominica]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Allison |editor1-first=David K |editor2-last=Ferreiro |editor2-first=Larrie D |title=The American Revolution: A World War |page=220|date=2018 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |isbn=9781588346599 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IlpnDwAAQBAJ&q=shelburne}}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[War of the First Coalition]]: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] wins his first victory as an army commander at the [[Battle of Montenotte]], splitting the Austrian and Piedmontese armies away from each other, and marking the beginning of the Piedmontese surrender in the war.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.napoleon-empire.net/en/battles/montenotte.php | title=Battle of Montenotte }}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; The [[Froberg mutiny]] on [[Malta]] ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of [[Fort Ricasoli]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dempsey|first=Guy C.|title=Mutiny at Malta: The Revolt of Froberg's Regiment April 1807|journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research|date=Spring 1989|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Alexander Ypsilantis]] is declared leader of [[Filiki Eteria]], a secret organization to overthrow [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule over Greece.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[1831]] &ndash; Soldiers marching on the [[Broughton Suspension Bridge]] in [[Manchester]], England, cause it to collapse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suspension Bridge, Broughton - Building {{!}} Architects of Greater Manchester |url=https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/buildings/suspension-bridge-broughton#:~:text=The%20Broughton%20Bridge%20was%20broken%20down%20on%20the%2012th%20April,%201831 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Fort Sumter]]. The war begins with [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces firing on [[Fort Sumter]], in the harbor of [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|location=London|publisher=Pimlico|date=2002|isbn=9780712668545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|pages=37–38}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the [[Great Locomotive Chase]]) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now [[Kennesaw, Georgia|Kennesaw]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrews' Raid |url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/andrews-raid |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=American Battlefield Trust |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916040949/https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/andrews-raid |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Fort Pillow]]: [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] forces kill most of the [[African Americans|African American]] soldiers that surrendered at [[Fort Pillow, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|location=London|publisher=Pimlico|date=2002|isbn=9780712668545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|page=657}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Mobile, Alabama]], falls to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union Army]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|location=London|publisher=Pimlico|date=2002|isbn=9780712668545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|page=840}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] annexes the [[South African Republic|Transvaal]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Laband|first1=John|author-link1=John Laband|title=The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881|date=10 July 2014|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-317-86846-0|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnEABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; One day after its enactment by the [[United States Congress|Congress]], President [[William McKinley]] signs the [[Foraker Act]] into law, giving [[Puerto Rico]] limited [[self-rule]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Passed by 8 Votes|work=The Evening Star|date=April 12, 1900|page=14|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Allen Is Civil Governor|work=Chicago Tribune|date=April 13, 1900|page=5|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Caban|first=Pedro A.|title=Constructing a Colonial People: Puerto Rico and the United States, 1898-1932|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2019|isbn=9780367315153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQHFDwAAQBAJ|page=101}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; {{SMS|Zrínyi}}, one of the last [[pre-dreadnought battleship]]s built by the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] Navy, is launched.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Canadian Expeditionary Force|Canadian]] forces successfully complete the taking of [[Battle of Vimy Ridge|Vimy Ridge]] from the [[Germans]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Veterans Affairs |date=2022-07-12 |title=The Battle of Vimy Ridge - Veterans Affairs Canada |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/first-world-war/battle-of-vimy-ridge#:~:text=April%209%20%E2%80%93-,12%20April%201917,-First%20World%20War |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=www.veterans.gc.ca}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Shanghai massacre of 1927]]: [[Chiang Kai-shek]] orders the [[Chinese Communist Party]] members executed in Shanghai, ending the [[First United Front]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*  1927   &ndash; [[Rocksprings, Texas]] is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in [[Texas]] history.<ref>{{cite web |title=A list of the top 10 worst tornadoes in Texas history |url=https://www.weather.gov/ama/top10_tornadoes |website=National Weather Service |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502052348/https://www.weather.gov/ama/top10_tornadoes |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; The ''[[Bremen (aircraft)|Bremen]]'', a German [[Junkers W 33]] type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Gottlieb |first2=Janet Graham |title=The Long, Strange Saga of the Bremen |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/return-bremen-180977300/#:~:text=a.m.%20on-,April%2012,-,%20barely%20clearing%20wandering |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Wind speed#Highest speed|strongest surface wind]] gust in the world at the time of 231&nbsp;mph, is measured on the summit of [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]], [[New Hampshire]]. It has since been surpassed.<ref>{{cite news |title=This Day In History: Mount Washington's 231-Mph Wind Gust Sets World Record |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mount-washington-big-wind-day-record-observatory-gust/ |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=CBS News |date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; The U.S. [[Auto-Lite strike]] begins, culminating in a five-day melee between [[Ohio National Guard]] troops and 6,000 [[strike action|strikers and picketers]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[1937]] &ndash; Sir [[Frank Whittle]] ground-tests the first [[jet engine]] designed to power an aircraft, at [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby, England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whittle W.1X Engine {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/whittle-w1x-turbojet-engine/nasm_A19500082000#:~:text=The%20Whittle%20Unit%20bench%20test%20engine%20first%20ran%20on%20April%2012,%201937 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=airandspace.si.edu |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] dies in office; Vice President [[Harry S. Truman]] becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographical Sketch: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States {{!}} Harry S. Truman |url=https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/trivia/biographical-sketch-harry-truman#:~:text=days%20later%20on-,April%2012,%201945,-,%20he%20was%20sworn |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=www.trumanlibrary.gov}}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Ninth United States Army|U.S. Ninth Army]] under General [[William Hood Simpson|William H. Simpson]] crosses the [[Elbe|Elbe River]] astride [[Magdeburg]], and reaches [[Tangermünde]]—only {{convert|50|mi|km|order=flip|disp=out}} from [[Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halt at the Elbe |url=https://www.history.army.mil/books/70-7_22.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109135558/http://www.history.army.mil/books/70-7_22.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=www.history.army.mil}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[polio vaccine]], developed by Dr. [[Jonas Salk]], is declared [[Jonas Salk#Polio research|safe and effective]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of polio vaccination |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-polio-vaccination |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.who.int |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404120854/https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-polio-vaccination |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Space Race]]: The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]] [[Yuri Gagarin]] becomes the first human to travel into [[outer space]] and perform the first crewed [[orbit]]al flight, [[Vostok 1]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1, the First Human Spaceflight |url=https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/vostok-1 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=The Planetary Society |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710014858/https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/vostok-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] nuclear-powered submarine ''[[Soviet submarine K-33|K-33]]'' collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S ''Finnclipper'' in the Danish straits.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Soviet submarine K-8|Soviet submarine ''K-8'']], carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the [[Bay of Biscay]] four days after a fire on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Moscow |date=2019-07-03 |title=The 5 Deadliest Submarine Accidents in Soviet and Russian History |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/03/the-deadliest-submarine-accidents-in-soviet-and-russian-history-a66263 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en |archive-date=2024-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005112429/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/03/the-deadliest-submarine-accidents-in-soviet-and-russian-history-a66263 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is [[1980 Liberian coup d'état|violently deposed]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liberia (01/10) |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/liberia/137301.htm#:~:text=in%201847%20until-,April%2012,%201980,-,%20when%20indigenous%20Liberian |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Transbrasil Flight 303]], a [[Boeing 727]], crashes on approach to [[Hercílio Luz International Airport]] in [[Florianópolis]], Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800412-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-27C PT-TYS Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC (FLN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; Canadian runner and athlete, [[Terry Fox]] begins his Marathon of Hope Run in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, NF]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope 41 years ago|url=https://torontosun.com/news/national/braun-terry-fox-started-his-marathon-of-hope-41-years-ago|access-date=2021-04-13|website=torontosun|language=en-CA|archive-date=2021-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412104431/https://torontosun.com/news/national/braun-terry-fox-started-his-marathon-of-hope-41-years-ago|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The first launch of a [[Space Shuttle]] (''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]'') takes place: The [[STS-1]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-1 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-1/ |publisher=NASA |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Harold Washington]] is elected as the first black mayor of [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/chi-chicagodays-haroldwashington-story-story.html|title=The election of Harold Washington the first black mayor of Chicago|first=Robert|last=Davis|website=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2020-10-31|archive-date=2020-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120024757/https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/chi-chicagodays-haroldwashington-story-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] launches on [[STS-51-D|STS-51D]] to deploy two [[communications satellite]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-51D |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-51d.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |website=Spacefacts |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224101623/http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-51d.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jim Gary]]'s "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of Natural History]] in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a [[solo exhibition]] there.<ref>{{cite web |title=20th-century Dinosaurs |url=https://www.si.edu/es/exhibitions/20th-century-dinosaurs:event-exhib-2265 |website=Smithsonian |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>
*1990    &ndash; [[Widerøe Flight 839]] crashes after takeoff from [[Værøy Airport]] in [[Norway]], killing five people.<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=25 February 1991 |title=Rapport of luftfartsulykke ved Værøy lufthavn den 12. april 1990 med Twin Otter LN-BNS |trans-title=Report of aviation accident at Værøy Airport on 12 April 1990 with Twin Otter LN-BNS |url=http://www.aibn.no/rapport-01-1991-pdf1?pid=Native-ContentFile-File&attach=1 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115330/https://www.aibn.no/rapport-01-1991-pdf1?pid=Native-ContentFile-File&attach=1 |archive-date=10 May 2018 |access-date=12 August 2013 |publisher=Accident Investigation Board Norway, [[Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref> 
*[[1992]] &ndash; The ''Euro Disney Resort'' officially opens with its theme park ''[[Disneyland Park (Paris)|Euro Disneyland]]''; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to [[Disneyland Resort Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Euro Disney |url=https://www.disneyholidays.co.uk/disneyland-paris/planning-holiday/history-euro-disney/#:~:text=Disneyland%C2%AE%20Resort%20Paris |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Disney Holidays |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; United States President [[Bill Clinton]] is cited for [[contempt of court]] for giving "intentionally false statements" in a [[civil lawsuit]]; he is later fined and disbarred.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=John M. Broder With Neil A. |date=1999-04-13 |title=CLINTON IS FOUND TO BE IN CONTEMPT ON JONES LAWSUIT |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/13/us/clinton-is-found-to-be-in-contempt-on-jones-lawsuit.html |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*1999    &ndash; During the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]], an American [[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle]] [[Grdelica train bombing|shoots a passenger train]], killing between 20 and 60 people.<ref name="HRWref">{{cite web |date=February 1, 2000 |title=Human Rights Watch: ''Kosovo: Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign'' |url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a86b0.html#P760_175406 |access-date=July 17, 2017 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402222949/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a86b0.html#P760_175406 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; A suicide bomber [[2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing|blows herself up]] at the entrance to Jerusalem's [[Mahane Yehuda Market]], killing seven people and wounding 104.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/12/israel4|title=Jerusalem suicide bomber kills at least six|work=The Guardian|date=12 April 2002}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; A suicide bomber [[2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing|penetrates the Green Zone and detonates]] in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP [[Mohammed Awad (politician)|Mohammed Awad]] and wounding more than twenty other people.<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite web |title=Suicide bomber kills Iraqi MPs |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1548514/Suicide-bomber-kills-Iraqi-MPs.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=13 April 2007 |archive-date=18 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418131005/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1548514/Suicide-bomber-kills-Iraqi-MPs.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Zimbabwe]] officially abandons the [[Zimbabwean dollar]] as its official currency.<ref name="suspend">{{cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-12-voa9.cfm |title=Zimbabwe Suspends Use of Own Currency |website=Voice of America |date=12 April 2009 |access-date=7 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507091459/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-12-voa9.cfm |archive-date=7 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newzimbabwe.com/pages/banks86.19673.html |title=Zimbabwe dollar shelved 'for at least a year' |first=Cris |last=Chinaka |website=New Zimbabwe |access-date=7 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607001712/http://newzimbabwe.com/pages/banks86.19673.html |archive-date=7 June 2009}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Merano derailment]]: A rail accident in [[South Tyrol]] kills nine people and injures a further 28.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8615002.stm|title=Landslide derails train in Italy leaving nine dead|date=12 April 2010|website=BBC News|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217144255/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8615002.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[2011 Minsk Metro bombing|Minsk Metro bombing]] kills 15 people and injuries 204 when a bomb is detonated within the [[Minsk Metro]], [[Belarus]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Eleven dead in Minsk metro blast|url=http://rianovosti.com/exsoviet/20110411/163478204.html|publisher=[[RT (TV network)|RT]]|date=11 April 2011|accessdate=12 April 2025|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044803/http://rianovosti.com/exsoviet/20110411/163478204.html|archivedate=26 August 2011}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Two [[2013 Kidal suicide attack|suicide bombers]] kill three [[Military of Chad|Chadian soldiers]] and injure dozens of civilians at a market in [[Kidal|Kidal, Mali]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 April 2013 |title=Mali conflict: Chadians killed in Kidal suicide attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22128844 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025213608/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22128844 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=3 October 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; The [[Great Fire of Valparaíso]] ravages the [[Chile]]an city of [[Valparaíso]], killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.<ref name="gran2">{{cite news|title=Comienzan velorios de víctimas del gran incendio de Valparaíso|url=http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/fotos-comienzan-velorios-de-victimas-del-gran-incendio-de-valparaiso/xIQndn!3yu5LkJAvQVTg/|date=14 April 2014|work=Publimetro Chile|publisher=[[Metro International]]|location=[[Santiago]], Chile|language=es|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415124328/http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/fotos-comienzan-velorios-de-victimas-del-gran-incendio-de-valparaiso/xIQndn!3yu5LkJAvQVTg/|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>