Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.
The final collapse of the blowout preventer leads to huge explosions on the Deepwater Horizon.
JFK's autopsy states that he died "from gunshot wounds at Dallas, Texas."
Germany invades Belgium in 1914 based on rumors the French will fight Germany there.
Fire-fighting has advanced greatly since the bucket-and-mops days, but pre-20th-century "fire engines" are only as good as technological advances allo...
A large number of firemen - 343 to be exact - die on September 11, trying to save people from burning buildings following a terrorist attack.
The largely forgotten fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin is much-more deadly than the fire in Chicago.
AnItalian team is the first to reach the second highest point on earth, K2, in the summer of 1954.
The heroic actions of Flight 93's passengers avert another strike on a Washington, D.C. target - most likely the Capitol.
Governments ration food and many other items during both world wars.
Books represent new or controversial ideas and allow people to preserve and share their thoughts.
Whole villages of once healthy peasants starve while living in holes dug in a bog.
While medical researchers are making progress in understanding the Ebola virus, the current methods of prevention and treatment are similar to 19th-ce...
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