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2005 Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster
1994 Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200 1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster 1986 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol 1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster 1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die 1986 Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1979 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife 1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) 1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 1965 NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster 1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal 1960 Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash 1956 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die 1950 Ronald E McNair, Lake City, South Carolina, astr, STS-41B, 51L-Challenger disaster 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die 1949 Judith Arlene Resnik, born in Akron, Ohio, ast, STS-41D, 51L-Chal disaster 1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster 1945 Michael J. Smith, born in Beaufort, North Carolina, Commander USN, astronaut, 51L-Challenger disaster 1939 Francis R. Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, STS-41C, 51L-Chal disaster 1926 Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster 1916 Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed) 1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21 1874 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) 1853 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut 1570 Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed |
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