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2004 At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid
2001 Eleven die after two trucks collide, head on, in a mountain tunnel in Switzerland 1998 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt 1998 Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die 1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1997 73 Israelis die when army copters collide 1996 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City 1996 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die 1995 American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive 1995 DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die 1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die 1995 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die 1995 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1995 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die 1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives 1994 Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die 1994 Ernest Clark, actor (Pope Must Die, Gandhi), dies at 82 1994 Hana bridge is Seoul Korea crashes, 32+ die 1994 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas 1994 U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die 1994 F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die 1994 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum, Sudan 1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die 1993 F-28 crashes at Sorong Irian Barat, 41 die 1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) 1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die 1993 George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash 1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die 1993 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die 1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die 1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 1993 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die 1993 Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die 1992 Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die 1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die 1992 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die 1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die 1992 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash, 13 die 1992 Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die 1992 Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die 1992 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) 1992 El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) 1992 El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die 1992 Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die 1992 Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1992 900 die in flood in Pakistan 1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured 1992 Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die 1992 Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die 1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die 1992 Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die 1992 Vickers Viscount crashes, 70 die 1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka 1992 U.S. Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die 1992 570 die in a Turkish earthquake 1992 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure 1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die 1991 Paul Maxwell, actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70 1991 Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55 1991 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die 1991 Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die 1991 24 die in a fire in Oakland, California 1991 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die 1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston 1991 Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes 1991 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die 1991 Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75 1991 Nigerian DC-8 crashes near Saudi-Arabia, 261 die 1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die 1991 42 die in a train collision is Japan 1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1991 25 die as United Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs 1991 Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die 1991 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die 1991 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die 1990 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later 1990 Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die 1990 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1990 Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die 1990 Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die 1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria 1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1990 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1990 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die 1990 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines 1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran 1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru 1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China 1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1990 Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die 1989 Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die 1989 U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1989 French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die 1989 Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die 1989 Mickey Leland, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989, and 15 others die in plane crash in Ethiopia 1989 Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die 1989 U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die 1989 U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die 1989 Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die 1988 Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59 1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die 1988 3 trains collide in London, 40 die 1988 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) 1988 900 die as earthquake hits China 1988 North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die 1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1987 Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die 1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver 1987 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes 1987 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis 1987 Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 1987 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood, Comfort, Texas 1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die 1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw 1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md 1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die 1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1986 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die 1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes 1985 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash 1985 DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die 1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta 1985 Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die 1985 12,000 die and 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1) 1985 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 1985 Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) 1985 5 die in a train crash in Westminster, Colorado 1985 Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die 1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die 1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes, 21 die 1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1985 Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot 1985 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match 1985 Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die 1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1985 Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) 1985 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India 1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die 1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India 1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1984 Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure 1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1984 Tulsa, Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die 1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die 1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die 1983 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas 1983 Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 1982 Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die 1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1982 Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die 1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1982 Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk, Netherlands, 17-22 die 1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain 1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1982 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die 1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1981 Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured 1981 Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded) 1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran 1980 Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die 1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy 1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria 1980 Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die 1980 Train crash at Winsum, 9 die 1980 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil 1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die 1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge 1980 U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1980 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) 1979 Nicolas Born, writer, wrote, 'Die Falschung', 'Die erdabgewandte Seite der Gerschichte', dies at 41 in Luchow-Dannenberg 1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1979 Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die 1979 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up 1978 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York 1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka 1978 PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die 1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran 1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes 1977 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash 1977 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1977 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in New York City 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife 1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt) 1976 Train collision at Goes, Netherlands, 7 die 1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince 1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die 1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1976 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake 1976 8.2 and 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die) 1976 Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease" 1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage, 14 die 1975 Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die 1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die 1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) 1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil 1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) 1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die 1973 "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres 1973 "Live and Let Die" premieres in U.S. 1973 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die" 1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1972 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die 1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die 1972 45 die in a train crash in Chicago, Illinois 1972 Worst U.S. rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago 1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die 1972 "Ain't Supposed to Die Death" closes at Barrymore New York City after 325 performances 1972 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 1972 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan) 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die 1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1971 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per 1971 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison 1971 11 die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 1971 Train crash at Duivendrecht, Netherlands, 5 die 1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California 1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1970 Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die 1970 Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die 1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die) 1970 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1970 70 die in a snow crush (France) 1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die 1969 Chinese-Russian borders fight (approx 70 die) 1969 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers 1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran 1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hour, 34 die 1967 Train crash at Beesd, 2 die 1967 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) 1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die 1967 23 die in Newark race riot 1967 A J F Moody, 1st U.S. Army General to die in Vietnam 1966 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass 1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1966 U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1966 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales 1966 Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Sean Kinney, U.S. rock drummer, Alice in Chains-We Die Young 1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die 1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die 1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die 1966 Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die 1966 B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die 1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain 1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1965 Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die 1965 Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks 1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die 1965 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia 1964 Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die) 1964 Gunter Grass' "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin 1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1963 Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die 1963 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die 1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die 1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die 1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 1962 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran 1962 19 die in a train crash in Steelton, Pennsylvania 1962 Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die 1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1961 Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die 1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1961 80 die in collisions in Algiers 1961 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die 1961 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zurich 1960 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69 1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1960 Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1960 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die) 1960 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die) 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California 1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die 1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning 1959 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1959 Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die 1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1958 48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ 1958 French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1958 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich 1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan) 1957 Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die 1957 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die 1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 1957 12 die in a train crash in Vroman, Colorado 1956 Hart Bochner, Toronto, actor, Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard 1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM 1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die 1956 Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die 1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) 1956 Ava Cadell, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Do or Die 1956 Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die 1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Massachusetts 1956 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die 1956 Linda Grovenor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire 1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles 1955 William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong), dies at 74 1955 Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die 1955 Bruce Willis, born in Penna Grove, New Jersey, actor, Moonlighting, Die Hard 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die 1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1954 Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die 1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79 1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, born in New Jersey, famous comatose patient, right to die case 1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die 1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Emmerich Kalman, Hungarian composer (Die Zirkusprinzessin), dies at 71 1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die 1953 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die 1953 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die 1953 Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die 1953 Steve Bond, born in Haifa, Israel, actor, General Hospital, To Die For 1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio 1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1953 "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die 1952 Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die 1952 French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die 1952 Worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die 1952 Reginald Veljohnson, actor, Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard 1952 Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1952 F Durrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi," premieres in Munich 1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man 1950 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY 1950 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die 1950 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York 1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die 1949 [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard 1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die 1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die 1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die 1948 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania 1948 Alfred Kerr, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe', dies at 80 1948 I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die 1948 4 Duluth Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in crash 1948 Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die 1947 Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die 1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia 1947 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China 1947 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa 1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die 1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die 1946 Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich 1946 Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 1946 Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die 1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas 1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa 1946 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die 1946 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay 1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die 1946 Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1946 Tim Buckley, born in Washington D.C., rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die 1945 Frederica Von Stade, Somerville, New Jersey, mezzo-soprano, Die Zauberflote 1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die 1945 Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die 1945 U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die 1945 "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die 1944 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die 1944 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die 1944 Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless 1944 Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die 1944 Hurricane hits New England: 389 die 1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut 1944 Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day 1944 Paul Gleason, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Breakfast CLub, Die Hard 1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1944 U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die 1944 Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die 1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1943 Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die 1943 Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die 1943 Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded 1942 RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die) 1942 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston 1942 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die 1942 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) 1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia 1942 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die 1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 1941 Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die 1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) 1940 German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die 1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) 1940 Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die 1940 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die 1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die 1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) 1939 Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die 1939 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany 1939 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany 1939 Russian Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die 1939 Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die 1939 Lucia Popp, Uhorska Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano, Die Zauberflote 1939 German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die 1939 Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 26 die 1938 Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die 1938 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia 1937 Nicolas Born, born in Duisburg, Germany, writer, wrote, 'Die Falschung', 'Die erdabgewandte Seite der Gerschichte' 1937 Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die 1937 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies 1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die) 1937 Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die 1936 Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano, Die Walkure 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 1935 Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber 1935 Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility 1934 Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" 1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Tom Baker, actor, Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror 1934 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die 1933 Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die 1933 Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer, Die Teufel von Loudon 1933 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1933 U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die 1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1932 Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, Dutch writer, Dingen die niet Voorbijgaan 1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall 1932 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA 1930 Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro," premieres in Berlin 1930 British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die 1928 Anne Sexton, Newton Massachusetts, poet, Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967 1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die 1928 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident 1928 Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die 1928 Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die 1928 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 1928 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif) 1928 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair 1927 Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die 1927 Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die 1927 Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor 1926 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st U.S. Jewish soldier to die in WW I 1926 Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die 1926 Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1926 Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die 1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die 1925 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die 1925 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses 1925 Giselher W. Kleber, German, opera, composer, Die Rauber 1925 Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor 1924 School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die 1924 Arnold Schonbergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna 1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster 1924 Peter Vaughan, actor, Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling 1923 Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees 1923 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Lwow Poland, conductor, Die Zauberflote 1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die 1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1921 Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die 1921 British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die 1921 James Clifton, Spokane, Washington actor, Live and Let Die 1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die) 1920 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die 1920 Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1919 Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin 1919 Frank Wedekind's "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit," premieres 1918 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die 1918 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn 1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die 1918 Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1918 Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter, Die Weisse Rose 1918 Franz Lehars opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest 1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die 1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die 1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die 1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die 1916 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near New Jersey shore (4 die) 1915 Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die 1915 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 1915 Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die 1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1915 Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die 1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die 1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die 1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 1914 German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die 1914 Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies 1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die 1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia 1914 Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die 1913 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die 1912 SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die 1911 Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden 1911 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten," premieres in Berlin 1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die 1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1909 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill 1908 Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die 1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa 1908 Thomas E Selfridge, earlier U.S. aviator, 1st to die in an air crash 1908 Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die 1908 Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die 1907 Adolf Furtwangler, Germany archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die 1906 Wolfgang Staudte, German director, Die Morder sind unter uns 1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die 1905 Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die 1905 Mary Renault, Mary Challens, writer, King Must Die, Funeral Games 1904 Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die) 1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania 1903 Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die 1903 William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair 1903 Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) 1903 Tallulah Bankhead, Huntsville Ala, actress, Lifeboat, Die Die Darling 1902 Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die 1902 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die 1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die 1902 Max Kommerell, German literary/author, Die Gefangenen 1901 Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer, Die Zaubergeige 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 1900 Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only 1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die 1899 Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution 1899 Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 1898 French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with bark Cromartyshire, 560 die 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1896 John Urzidil, Austria/U.S. writer, Die erbeuteten Frauen 1896 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin 1896 Bridget Driscoll, 1st British to die in an auto-accident 1896 Hermann Kasack, German writer, Die Stadt hinter dem Strom 1896 Attila Horbiger, Austrian actor, Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika 1895 George Raft, born in New York City, actor, Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die 1894 Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die 1894 Klara Fey, German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die 1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1892 Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die 1891 Hans Albers, German actor, Die Nacht Gehort Uns 1891 Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die 1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania 1889 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die 1888 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist, Die Oden Salomons 1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) 1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1887 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die 1886 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1886 Paul Tillich, German/U.S. theologist, Die sozial Entscheidung 1883 Martin Dibelius, German theologist, Die Lade Jahwes 1883 SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die 1883 Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkure), dies at 69 in Venice 1882 French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die 1882 Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die 1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 1882 Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 1881 William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director, Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong 1881 Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die 1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die 1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1880 Ernst L. Kirchner, German painter, Die Brucke 1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die 1878 England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die 1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die 1876 Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die 1874 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist, Die antike Kunst 1874 "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed, in Vienna 1874 Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna 1874 General J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1873 Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die 1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague 1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1870 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1870 Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich) 1870 Constantinople in fire; 900 die 1867 Alfred Kerr, born in Breslau, Silesia, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe' 1867 Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1866 Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) 1866 Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1866 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1865 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die 1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1864 Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 Confederate, 3641 U.S. die 1863 Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic 1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in New York City; about 1,000 die 1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die 1862 Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die 1859 Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57 1858 Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1858 Ludwig Wullner, German actor/baritone, Die Burgschaft, Prometheus 1857 Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar 1857 Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die 1854 Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1854 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die 1854 Steamship San Francisco wrecked - 300 die 1852 Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau 1852 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die 1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1851 Most of San Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die 1850 Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) 1850 Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio, 206 die 1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1849 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres 1846 Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die 1843 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig 1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die 1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1841 Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68 1840 Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) 1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die 1837 Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die 1837 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, die graue Eminenz 1836 Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die 1833 Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die 1833 Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin 1831 Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die 1827 John Wesley Frazer, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1906 1822 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die 1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 1820 Opera "Die Jagarsbraut" is completed 1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1818 Otto Ludwig, German writer, Die Heiterethei 1817 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna 1812 George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President, dies at 73 1st Vice President to, die in office 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die 1808 Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna 1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die 1807 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England 1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die 1806 Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1862 1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1803 Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar 1802 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet, Faust, Die Albigenser 1801 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" 1801 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig 1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 1799 August Kopisch, German writer, Die Heinzelmannchen von Koln 1799 Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna 1799 Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini," premieres in Weimar 1798 Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor and playwright, Die Vagabunden 1791 Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer, Golt Und Die Natur 1785 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident 1785 Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner 1783 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66 1780 Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die 1776 Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1776 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1775 Gotthold Lessing's "Die Juden," premieres in Frankfurt-am-Main 1770 Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1764 Picander, Christian Henrici, German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies 1756 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die" 1746 Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die 1732 Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer, Die Schopfung 1732 Franz Josef Haydn, born in Austria, composer, Die Schopfung 1731 Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die 1710 Konrad E Ackermann, German actor, Die Oberpfalz 1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die 1694 Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die 1678 French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die 1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die 1626 Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die 1622 Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die 1621 Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die 1600 Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die 1596 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 1542 Gerardus Noviomagus, Gerrit Geldenhauer, Dutch theologist, die at 59 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1456 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) 1382 Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die) 532 Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die 526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die 365 Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die 79 Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die |
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