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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
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"
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
1811
Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards
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