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1994: 852 People Dead in Mysterious Ferry Accident

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1994: 852 People Dead in Mysterious Ferry Accident

The ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea on this day. The ship was sailing from Tallinn, Estonia to St ...

The ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea on this day. The ship was sailing from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden. There were 989 people on board – 803 passengers and 186 crew. Most of the pass ...

September 28, 2019
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1956: Mach 3 Exceeded For the First Time, Pilot Dies Tragically

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1956: Mach 3 Exceeded For the First Time, Pilot Dies Tragically

On this day a manned aircraft exceeded Mach 3, i.e. the three times higher speed than the speed of sound, ...

On this day a manned aircraft exceeded Mach 3, i.e. the three times higher speed than the speed of sound, for the first time. Unfortunately, that flight ended tragically, and pilot Milburn "Mel" Apt ...

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1868: Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich’s Shipwreck

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1868: Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich’s Shipwreck

This day in 1868 marked the shipwreck of the Russian warship “Alexander Nevsky” near the coast of Denmark ...

This day in 1868 marked the shipwreck of the Russian warship “Alexander Nevsky” near the coast of Denmark. Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, the son of the former Russian Emperor Alexander II (member o ...

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1641: Ship Carrying Treasure Worth Two Billion Dollars Sinks (Merchant Royal)

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1641: Ship Carrying Treasure Worth Two Billion Dollars Sinks (Merchant Royal)

On this day in 1641, a ship which carried an interesting treasure sank. This great treasure is still wait ...

On this day in 1641, a ship which carried an interesting treasure sank. This great treasure is still waiting to be discovered. It was the British ship named Merchant Royal. The weather was very bad, a ...

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2000: Fire at the Ostankino Tower near Moscow

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2000: Fire at the Ostankino Tower near Moscow

The Ostankino Tower near Moscow caught fire on this day in 2000. It is one of the world’s tallest towers ...

The Ostankino Tower near Moscow caught fire on this day in 2000. It is one of the world’s tallest towers (540.1 meters tall). The tower is located in the northern part of Moscow, about 7 kilometers fr ...

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1945: B-25 Bomber Flying through Thick Fog Crashes into the Empire State Building, Killing 14 People

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1945: B-25 Bomber Flying through Thick Fog Crashes into the Empire State Building, Killing 14 People

On this day in 1945, an American bomber B-25 Mitchell lost its way in the thick fog and crashed into the ...

On this day in 1945, an American bomber B-25 Mitchell lost its way in the thick fog and crashed into the Empire State Building in New York. It caused the death of 14 people and damage estimated at $1, ...

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1914: Over 1,000 People Killed during Ship Collision in Canada

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1914: Over 1,000 People Killed during Ship Collision in Canada

It was the worst maritime disaster in Canadian history (during peacetime). The Norwegian collier didn't s ...

It was the worst maritime disaster in Canadian history (during peacetime). The Norwegian collier didn't sink, unlike the “Empress of Ireland“. There were more than 1,000 victims. The “SS Storstad” (gr ...

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1865: A Steamboat Explosion in which More People were Killed than on Titanic

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1865: A Steamboat Explosion in which More People were Killed than on Titanic

On this day in 1865 the greatest maritime disaster in United States history occurred, larger even than th ...

On this day in 1865 the greatest maritime disaster in United States history occurred, larger even than the much more famous sinking of the Titanic. Specifically, more than 1,500 people were killed in ...

April 27, 2019
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