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2001 SAS flight 686 crashes near Milano-Linate, killing 114, crash caused by flight crew and tower confusion
2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer 1995 Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone 1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait 1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock" 1969 Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York 1966 Yahya Ayyash, born in Palestine, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis 1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1963 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1950 U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat 1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium 1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism 1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 1878 Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible' 1811 Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards |
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