Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
Happend on 22. April 1997
A 126-day hostage crisis at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, Peru ends after government commandos storm and capture the building, rescuing 71 hostages. One hostage dies of a heart attack, two soldiers are killed from rebel fire, and all 14 rebels are slain.
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