1992   Carlos the Jackal is sentenced to life imprisonment in Paris, France for his role in three murders at OPEC headquarters in 1975

1992   The Folies Bergere music hall in Paris, France closes.

1997   A car accident in Paris, France takes the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul. Their car struck a pillar of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel after eluding paparazzi at high speed.

2004   A portion of the roof of Terminal 2E at Paris's Charles de Gaulle International Airport collapses, killing six people

2004   Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat, dies in a Paris hospital at the age of 75.

2005   A fire at Paris-Opera hotel kills 21 people and injures 50 in Paris, France.