• A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 429 people and injuring more than 1,400 others(aftermath pictured).
• In field hockey, the World Cup concludes with Belgium defeating the Netherlandsin the final.
• The Balangiga bells, taken by US Army soldiers from the Philippines in 1901 as war trophies, are repatriated.
• Nine people are killed when a high-speed train collides with a locomotive inAnkara, Turkey.

Recent deaths:

• Sigi Schmid
 
• Sulagitti Narasamma
 
• Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo
 
• Barbara Kloka Hackett

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