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Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.

The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.

The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.

Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.

The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.

Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.

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American NFL guard/center (Chicago Bears

3k steeplechase runner

American tennis player (1993 French Open doubles)

Puerto Rican baseball catcher (6 × MLB All-Star; AL Rookie of the Year 1990 Cleveland Indians)

Iraqi politician

American College-Pro Football HOF defensive end (Virginia Tech; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1990

American rock keyboardist (Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Girl of Mine")

American techno-club DJ

Bulgarian politician (President of Bulgaria 2017-)

Venezuelan baseball infielder (5 × MLB All-Star; Gold Glove Award 1989

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British actor (Withnail and I)

American guitarist and songwriter (for Guns N' Roses - "It's So Easy