CoM Moderators Posted October 4 Posted October 4 1910 - Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda. 1943 - Corsica liberated from Italian occupation by General Charles de Gaulle's Free France resistance forces 1964 - 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test 1985 - Shi'ite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley 1992 - Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches 1998 - Australian motorcycle racer Mick Doohan wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island to clinch his 5th world 500cc championship; all 5 titles are won with Honda 2001 - Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed. More Historical Events »
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