WORLD EVENTS

The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.

The September 11 attacks, known as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks. The hijackers successfully crashed the first two airliners into the towers of the World Trade Center, and the third plane into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed down outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania following a passenger revolt. 

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists in London targeting commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the morning rush hour.

The Covid-19 pandemic affected millions of people and killed hundreds of thousands, promoting an unprecedented global health crisis. The virus forced businesses and schools to close, and disrupted daily life around the world.