On This Day: August 11th

Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.

At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.

The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills 3 and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.