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100 Disasters That Shaped World History.
Title:
100 Disasters That Shaped World History.
Author:
Mattern, Joanne.
ISBN:
9781728260785
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (120 pages)
Series:
100 Series
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Destruction of Pompeii: August 24, 79 CE -- 2. Bubonic Plague Epidemic in Europe: 1357-1351 -- 3. Great Fire of London: September 2-6, 1666 -- 4. Earthquake in New Madrid, Missouri: December 16, 1811 -- 5. Potato Famine in Ireland: 1845-1849 -- 6. Arctic-Vesta Ship Collision: September 27, 1854 -- 7. Sul tana Steamboat Explosion: April 27, 1865 -- 8. Great Chicago Fire: October 8, 1871 -- 9. Peshtigo Fire: October 8, 18 71 -- 10. Eruption of Krakatoa: August 27, 1883 -- 11. Great Blizzard of 1888: March 11-14, 1888 -- 12. Johnstown Flood: May 31, 1889 -- 13. Great Galveston Hurricane: September 7-9, 1900 -- 14. Eruption of Mount Pelée: May 8, 1902 -- 15. General Slocum Ship Fire: June 15, 1904 -- 16. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: April 18, 1906 -- 17. Monongah Mining Disaster: December 6, 1907 -- 18. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: March 25, 1911 -- 19. Sinking of the Titanic: April 14-15, 1912 -- 20. Mine Disaster in Dawson, New Mexico: October 22, 1913 -- 21. Halifax Explosion: December 6, 1917 -- 22. Malbone Street Wreck: November 1, 1918 -- 23. Influenza Pandemic: 1918-1919 -- 24. Great Molasses Flood: January 15, 1919 -- 25. Great Tri-State Tornado: March 18, 1925 -- 26. Dust Bowl: 1934-1937 -- 27. Morro Castle Ship Fire: September 8, 1934 -- 28. Hindenburg Disaster: May 6, 1937 -- 29. Great New England Hurricane: September 21, 1938 -- 30. Cocoanut Grove Fire: November 28, 1942 -- 31. Hartford Circus Fire: July 6, 1944 -- 32. April Fool's Day Tsunami: April 1, 1946 -- 33. Grandcamp Ship Explosion: April 16, 1947 -- 34. 1955 Le Mans Disaster: June 11, 1955 -- 35. Andrea Doria-Stockholm Ship Collision: July 25, 1956 -- 36. Thresher Submarine Sinking: April 10, 1963 -- 37. Good Friday Earthquake: March 27, 1964.

38. Aberfan Disaster: October 21, 1966 -- 39. 1966 Flood of the Arno: November 4-6, 1966 -- 40. Hurricane Camille: August 17-19, 1969 -- 41. 1970 Bhola Cyclone: November 12, 1970 -- 42. 1972 Nicaragua Earthquake: December 23, 1972 -- 43. Big Thompson Canyon Flood: July 31, 1976 -- 44. Tenerife Airport Disaster: March 27, 1977 -- 45. New York City Blackout: July 13, 1977 -- 46. Three Mile Island Accident: March 28, 1979 -- 47. American Airlines Flight 191 Crash: May 25, 1979 -- 48. Hurricane David: August 31-September 7, 1979 -- 49. The Who Concert Disaster: December 3, 1979 -- 50. Love Canal Disaster: 1970s -- 51. Eruption of Mount St. Helens: May 18, 1980 -- 52. MGM Grand Fire: November 21, 1980 -- 53. AIDS Epidemic: 1980-1990s -- 54. Bihar Train Derailment: June 6, 1981 -- 55. Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse: July 17, 1981 -- 56. Air Florida Flight 90 Crash: January 13, 1982 -- 57. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Shot Down: September 1, 1983 -- 58. Famine in Ethiopia and Sudan: 1983-1988 -- 59. Bhopal Disaster: December 3, 1984 -- 60. Japan Airlines Flight 123 Crash: August 12, 1985 -- 61. 1985 Mexico City Earthquake: September 19, 1985 -- 62. Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: January 28, 1986 -- 63. Chernobyl Disaster: April 26, 1986 -- 64. Lake Nyos Disaster: August 21, 1986 -- 65. Dupont Plaza Hotel Arson: December 31, 1986 -- 66. Doña Paz-Vector Collision: December 20, 1987 -- 67. 1988 Armenian Earthquake: December 7, 1988 -- 68. Pan Am Flight 103 Crash: December 21, 1988 -- 69. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: March 24, 1989 -- 70. Hurricane Hugo: September 16-22, 1989 -- 71. 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake: October 17, 1989 -- 72. Happy Land Fire: March 25, 1990 -- 73. Oakland Firestorm of 1991: October 20, 1991 -- 74. Hurricane Andrew: August 24-26, 1992 -- 75. Storm of the Century: March 12-14, 1993 -- 76. Great Flood of 1993: May-August 1993.

77. Sinking of the Estonia: September 28, 1994 -- 78. Kobe Earthquake: January 17, 1995 -- 79. Oklahoma City Bombing: April 19, 1995 -- 80. ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 Crash: May 11, 1996 -- 81. TWA Flight 800 Crash: July 17, 1996 -- 82. 1998 China Floods: Summer of 1998 -- 83. Swissair Flight 111 Crash: September 2, 1998 -- 84. Hurricane Mitch: October 28-29, 1998 -- 85. Bourbonnais, Illinois, Train Crash: March 15, 1999 -- 86. Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire: March 24, 1999 -- 87. 1999 İzmit Earthquake: August 17, 2000 -- 88. Air France Flight 4590 Crash: July 25, 2000 -- 89. Kursk Submarine Disaster: August 12, 2000 -- 90. September 11 Terrorist Attacks: September 11, 2001 -- 91. American Airlines Flight 587 Crash: November 13, 2001 -- 92. Mesa Redonda Fire: December 29, 2001 -- 93. Mount Nyiragongo Eruption: January 2002 -- 94. El Ayyat Railway Accident: February 20, 2002 -- 95. Boxing Day Tsunami: December 26, 2004 -- 96. Hurricane Katrina: August 23-31, 2005 -- 97. 2010 Haiti Earthquake: January 12, 2010 -- 98. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: April 20-September 19, 2010 -- 99. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster: March 11, 2011 -- 100. Dhaka Garment Factory Collapse: April 24, 2013 -- Trivia Questions -- Project Suggestion -- Index -- Back Cover.
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