On This Day: July 29th

Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This incident, coupled with widespread online misinformation, leads to various racially motivated riots across the UK.

The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.

The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.

The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.

Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.

An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.

Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.

The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.

The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Channel Tunnel).