On this day — August 11

Egypt.

Iran.

causing the country's worst oil spill.

marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.

At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.

United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.

en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.

killing all 178 aboard both airliners.

following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.