On this day — August 12

Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010.

including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria.

Virginia, leading to the deaths of 3 and injuring nearly 50 more.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

China.

killing her entire 118-man crew.

eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.

a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.

Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.

one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.