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.
Late in World War II, the Empire of Japan developed a new type of weapon. Young Japanese airmen flew planes with no landing gear. Their mission was to...
On the 28th of August, the skies near Krakatoa finally began to clear.
Several ships were at sea, in the vicinity of Krakatoa, when the volcano dramatically erupted on August 26, 1883.
Captain Lindeman made a decision which saved the lives of his passengers and his ship (the G.
After Krakatoa's stupendous explosion - on the 27th of August, 1883 - the volcano spewed out another monstrous pyroclastic flow.
On the morning of August 27, 1883 Krakatoa was nearing the end of its life as a single island.
In Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, Simon Winchester's book based upon eyewitness accounts, we learn about the final minutes leading up to Krakat...
Johanna Beyerinck - 26-year-old wife of the Dutch government's Controller in the district of Katimbang (in southern Sumatra) - didn't want to go to th...
NASA has released this re-entry and landing video of a mission during which the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour documented a reading of Mach 25.
The Emancipation Proclamation is still debated today, what did it say and how did the country react?
On the 21st of December, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 left Heathrow (in London) headed for New York City.
WARNING: THIS VIDEO CLIP FEATURES STORIES OF WITNESSES WHO EXPERIENCED THE TRAGEDY OF LOSS AT LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND.
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