On Dec. 19, 1907, 239 workers died in an explosion at the Darr coal mine, near Van Meter, Pennsylvania.

In 1960, fire broke out on the hangar deck of the nearly completed aircraft carrier USS Constellation at the New York Naval Shipyard, killing 50 civilian workers.

In 2008, President George W. Bush ordered a $17.4 billion emergency bailout of the U.S. auto industry.

In 2011, North Korea announced the death two days earlier of leader Kim Jong Il. North Koreans marched by the thousands to mourn while state media proclaimed his son, Kim Jong Un, as the nation’s new leader.

In 2022, the House Jan. 6 Committee urged the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection, calling for “a time of reflection and reckoning.”