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Selected anniversaries
1908
– First
Ford
Model T
built.
1977
– The first free flight of the
Space Shuttle Enterprise
(
pictured
).
1985
–
Japan Airlines Flight 123
crashes into Mount Ogura in
Gunma Prefecture
,
Japan
, killing 520. It is the worst single-plane air disaster.
2000
– The
Oscar class submarine
K-141
Kursk
of the
Russian Navy
exploded and sank
in the
Barents Sea
during a
military exercise
.
2007
–
Bulk carrier
M/V
New Flame
collides with
oil tanker
Torm Gertrud
at the southernmost tip of
Gibraltar
, ending up partially submerged.
More events:
May 12
–
May 13
–
May 14
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