1983 – Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767-200 jet, ran completely out of fuel at 26,000 feet (7,920 m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton via Ottawa. The crew was able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport,
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1993 – The Candelária massacre brings worldwide attention to the issue of police brutality toward street children in Brazil.
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