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Hindenburg

Events; Disasters

A huge airship that was made in the 1930s which famously suffered a huge explosion on May 6 1937, effectively putting an end to airship style designs and ushering in modern day airplanes. The airship ...

2013 Aceh earthquake

Events; Disasters

On July 2, 2013, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that shook the province of Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Over 20 people have been killed and over 400 have been injured. An estimated 1,500 ...

Alexandria tsunami

Events; Disasters

In the summer of 365, a powerful sea-floor earthquake near Turkey set off a large tsunami that traveled across the eastern Mediterranean to hit the port of Alexandria in Egypt. Italy, Greece, and ...

Constantinople black death plague

Events; Disasters

In 542, Roman Emperor Justinian was enjoying the rise of the Byzantine Empire that he helped to build with its new headquarters in Constantinople. The old western part with its center in Rome had ...

Antioch earthquake

Events; Disasters

Antioch was formerly a city in Syria (now Antakya, Turkey). Like several other locations in the eastern Mediterranean, Antioch had a history of repeated earthquakes which inflicted greater damage to ...

Titanic iceburg tragedy

Events; Disasters

On April 10, 1912, the Titanic left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. Next day the ship received radio messages telling of large icebergs that were much farther south than usual. Captain ...

Corinth earthquake

Events; Disasters

Ancient Corinth, the original Corinth, founded more than three thousand years ago, was the richest seaport and the largest city in ancient Greece. It was once part of the Byzantine Roman Empire. It ...

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