On this day — December 23

including the Libyan Army chief Mohammed al-Haddad in Ankara, Turkey.

killing over 200 people and further injuring over 500. No group claims responsibility.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people.

Chongqing, China, kills at least 234.

In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.

lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.

Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.