2014Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance

March 8: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears from radar ...
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🤧 Outbreak of Asian Flu Pandemic

Beginning of the Asian flu in China, leading to a worldwide pandemic that lasts until the following year.
Outbreak of Asian Flu Pandemic (1957)
PandemicEpidemicInfluenzaPublic HealthWorld Health OrganizationDiseaseViral OutbreakGlobal Health CrisisMedical History
ChinaChina

✈️ Cebu Pacific Flight 387 Crash in the Philippines

February 2: Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes on the slopes between Mount Sumagaya and Mount Lumot in Claveria, Misamis Oriental, killing all 104 people on board.
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 Crash in the Philippines (1998)
AviationDisasterAirlinesAccidentTransportation
PhilippinesPhilippines

🦠 SARS Outbreak Begins in Guangdong, China

SARS Outbreak Begins in Guangdong, China (2002)
EpidemicDiseasePublic HealthVirusHealthcareGlobal Health Crisis
ChinaChina

🧲 Wenchuan Earthquake Claims Tens of Thousands of Lives

May 12: Magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs in Wenchuan, China, causing almost 90,000 people to die or go missing.
Wenchuan Earthquake Claims Tens of Thousands of Lives (2008)
EarthquakeNatural DisasterDisaster ReliefSeismologyCasualties
ChinaChina

✈️ Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance

March 8: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears from radar while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. There were 239 people on board.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance (2014)
AviationSearch and RescueTransportationInternational Relations
MalaysiaMalaysiaChinaChina

🦠 Global Spread of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began spreading late in the prior year, spreads from China to the vast majority of the world's inhabited areas, infecting at least 81 million and killing at least 1.8 million people in its first year.
Global Spread of COVID-19 (2020)
PandemicEpidemicPublic HealthGlobal Health CrisisDiseaseWorld HistoryMortalityQuarantine
ChinaChina