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American Eagle Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk operated by the United States Army and crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.
Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
World War II: In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid.
Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
Born: Christian VII of Denmark (died 1808).
Died: Pope Gelasius II (born 1060).
Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.