Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747 carrying 240 passengers and 29 crew members, was shot down by Soviet fighter jets on September 1, 1983. ^[1] Soviet fighter jets fired missiles at KAL 007, causing the aircraft to crash in the Sea of Japan with no survivors. ^[2] The aircraft was traveling from New York, United States, to Seoul, South Korea, when it deviated from its flight path and entered restricted Soviet airspace. ^[3] An armed group took hostages at a school in Beslan, Russia, on September 1, 2004, starting a crisis that ended with more than 300 deaths, including many children. ^[4] Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, marking the start of World War II in Europe; the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany two days later. ^[5] Soviet military radar detected the aircraft and sent fighter jets to intercept it, claiming the plane was suspected of being a US spy mission. ^[6] A Franco-American expedition located the wreck of the Titanic on September 1, 1985, in the North Atlantic, more than seven decades after the ship sank. ^[7]