Incidents on 9 May 2020
Saturday, 9 May 2020 — before continuous monitoring began on 9 August 2026. For this day we hold earthquakes from the USGS catalogue (magnitude 2.5 and above) and a few historical records, not a full record of every incident.
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In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
Mother's Day bus crash kills 22 passengers and injures another 22, including the driver in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression.
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