Today In Crime History- November 26 #crimehistory #criminalhistory

November 26

1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the “Ashtar Galactic Command”, takes over Britain’s Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

1983 – Brink’s-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink’s-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

1986 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.

1998 – The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.

2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dorbmitory in Ruzhou, China.

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