How Many Days Until August 12?

This day in history: August 12

1. 1952

   Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

2. 1969

   The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

3. 1985

   Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Japan, killing 520 of 524 people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, in the world's deadliest single-aircraft aviation disaster.

4. 1990

   Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue.

5. 2000

   Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing 118 people.

6. 2016

   The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

7. 2021

   Six people, including the perpetrator, were killed in a mass shooting in Plymouth, England.

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