THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON MY BIRTHDAY: 1994 – Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers. 1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her familys home in Boulder, Colorado. 1996 – Start of the largest strike in South Korean history. 1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore. 1998 – Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones. 1999 – The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage. 2003 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam. 2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000. 2004 – Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny. 2006 – An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.
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