Incidents on 17 December 2021
Friday, 17 December 2021 — 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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Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
The second Great Fire of New York destroys 53,000 square metres (13 acres) of New York City's Financial District.
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), filtered to disasters and incidents.