2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2012 Event In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a shooter kills 29 people, including 20 children, himself and his mother at Sandy Hook Elementary School 2012 Event Dallas, Texas Mayor Mike Rawlings declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of West Nile Virus kills at least 17 people; the city plans to combat the mosquitoes with aerial spraying of pyrethroid insecticides 2012 Event A mortar in Horns, Syria, kills a friend journalist along with eight others 2011 Event During the 40th anniversary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a bomb kills one person and clashes break out between security and opposition protesters 2011 Event A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2011 Event Top airport security officials are fired after a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 35 people, injures 130 2010 Event The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment 2010 Event In San Bruno, California, a fire begins with a massive explosion in a natural gas line, kills 4 people, destroys many homes, and continues burning 2010 Event The largest manhunt in U.K. recent history ends when gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself in a 6-hour standoff with police 2010 Event A heat wave in the U.S. and Canada kills 9 people 2010 Event Rival clashes between nomadic groups in the Darfur region of Sudan kills at least 48 people 2010 Event A suicide bomb attack in Geresh, Helmand Province, Afganistan kills ten people and injures 7 2010 Event A drone strike in Pakistan reportedly kills Taliban commander, Faqir Mohammed 2010 Event A 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China, destroys at least 100 homes, injures 11 and kills one person 2010 Event A suicide bomber kills 20 people at a market in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province 2010 Event A suicide bomber kills 95 people, injures over 100, and destroys 20 houses at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan 2009 Event An ethnic conflict over fishing rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 100 people, displaces 50,000 2008 Event 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000 2008 Event Taliban suicide bombing kills 80 in Kandahar, Afghanistan 2007 Event 8.0 Earthquake in Peru kills over 500 people, injures over 1,500 2005 Event Earthquake in Kashmir kills approximately 80,000 people 2004 Event Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti 2004 Event Paraguay supermarket fire kills at least 300 2004 Event Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings 2003 Event Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran 2003 Event Earthquake kills at least 2,266 in northern Algeria 2003 Event Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100 2003 Event Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2002 Event Earthquake kills at least 260 in western Iran 2002 Event Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan 2002 Event Earthquake kills at least 150 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan 2002 Event Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people 2001 Event Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana 2001 Event Earthquake kills 20,000 in Bhuj, India 1999 Event Earthquake kills 700 in Duzce, Turkey 1999 Event Cyclone/tidal surge kills as many as 10,000 in eastern India 1999 Event Earthquake kills 2,295 in central Taiwan 1999 Event Earthquake kills 17,000 in northwest Turkey 1999 Event Earthquake kills about 1,185 in Armenia, Colombia 1998 Event Earthquake kills about 5,000 in northern Afghanistan 1998 Event Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery 1998 Event Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31 1998 Event Earthquake kills about 2,300 in northern Afghanistan 1998 Event U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Event Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam 1997 Event Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico 1997 Event Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China 1997 Event Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14 1997 Event Bomb in Algiers kills 21 and wounds 40 1997 Event Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28 1997 Event Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 1997 Event Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1 1996 Event Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania 1996 Event Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself 1995 Event Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16 1995 Event Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier 1995 Event Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 1995 Event Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan 1994 Event Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia 1994 Event Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22 1994 Event 7.9 earthquake strikes Koerilen, flood kills 18+ 1994 Event Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14 1994 Event 5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171 1994 Event India army kills 27 Moslem militants 1994 Event Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 1994 Event Bodo kills 37 Moslems in Bashbari NE India 1994 Event Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 1994 Event Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself 1994 Event Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1994 Event Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 1994 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 1994 Event Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200 1994 Event Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 1993 Event Paramilitia kills 22 demonstrators at Bijbihara Kashmir 1993 Event Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives 1993 Event Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6 1993 Event Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey 1993 Event Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellin Colombia, kills 132 1993 Event Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South Africa, kills 50 1993 Event Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145 1993 Event Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300 1993 Event Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76 1993 Event Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56 1993 Event Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 1993 Event Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad 1993 Event IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England 1993 Event Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79 1993 Event Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma 1992 Event 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000) 1992 Event Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 1992 Event Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 Event Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators 1992 Event Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42 1992 Event Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior 1992 Event Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico 1992 Event Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists 1991 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 Event George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Texas 1991 Event Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers 1991 Event Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80 1991 Event Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100 1991 Event Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95 1991 Event United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25 1991 Event U.S., barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28 1990 Death Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife and self at 62 1990 Event Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1990 Event Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 1989 Event Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52 1989 Event Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal 1989 Event Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67 1989 Event IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent 1989 Event Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina 1989 Event United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112 1989 Event Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1 1989 Event Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s 1989 Event Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 1988 Event Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated 1988 Event Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1988 Event Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan 1988 Event U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 1988 Event U.S. Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290 1988 Event Train crash in Zeeland, Netherlands, kills 2 1988 Event IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 1988 Event Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess 1988 Event Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles 1987 Event In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark 1987 Event Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43 1987 Event Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s 1987 Event 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100 1986 Event Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 1986 Event Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746 1986 Event Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran 1986 Event De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25 1985 Event Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000 1985 Event Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11 1985 Event Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 Event "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels 1985 Event Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428 1984 Event Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23 1984 Event James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro California 1984 Death Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self 1984 Event Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 1984 Event Riot in Tunis kills over 100 1983 Event A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis 1983 Event Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 241 U.S. personnel in Beirut 1983 Event Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas 1983 Event While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull 1983 Event Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3 1983 Event Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357 1983 Event Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon 1983 Event Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people 1982 Event Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60 1982 Event Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700 1982 Event Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago 1982 Event Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) 1982 Event Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids and teacher 1981 Event El Salvador army kills 900 1981 Event Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200 1980 Event Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 Event Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas and Caribbean 1980 Event Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1980 Event Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157 1980 Event Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) 1979 Event Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257 1979 Event American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 1979 Event Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 1979 Event Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver 1979 Event Moslem Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo, Syria 1979 Event Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" 1978 Death Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64 1978 Event Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman 1977 Event West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht 1977 Event Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage 1977 Event Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76 1977 Event Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2 1977 Event Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 1977 Event Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164 1977 Event Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541 1976 Event 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard 1976 Event An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 1976 Event Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado on Route 34, kills 139 1976 Event 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese 1976 Event 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Philadelphia 1976 Event Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24 1976 Event Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 1976 Event 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras 1975 Event Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean and U.S. 1975 Event 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 1975 Event 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway 1975 Event Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport New York, kills 113 1975 Event Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla) 1975 Event Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war 1975 Event James Rupers kills his family to inherit 1974 Event Fire kills 189 in less than 25 minutes (Sao Paulo Brazil) 1974 Event Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) 1974 Event Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK 1974 Event L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon 1973 Event Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) 1973 Event 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 1973 Event Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens 1973 Event Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 1973 Event Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park, Isle of Man, UK 1973 Event Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims 1972 Event 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico 1972 Event Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 1972 Event Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 1972 Event Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes kills 117 1972 Event Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 1972 Event 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport 1972 Event 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars 1972 Event Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1971 Event Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul 1971 Event Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15 1971 Event John List kills family and moves to Colorado 1971 Event Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 1971 Event Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) 1971 Event Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage 1971 Event Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil 1970 Event Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh 1970 Event John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun 1970 Event Bomb kills 1 at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison 1970 Event Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique 1970 Event Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College 1970 Event National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio 1970 Event Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 1969 Event Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3 1969 Event Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82 1969 Event Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83 1968 Event Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1968 Event Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption 1968 Event Earthquake kills 47 in Japan 1967 Event Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450 1967 Event Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15 1967 Event Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38 1967 Event Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 in New Hampshire 1967 Event Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico and Texas 1967 Event 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200 1967 Event Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5 1967 Event Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 1967 Event Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) 1967 Event Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee 1967 Event Earthquake in Sicily kills 231 1966 Event USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 1966 Event High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame 1966 Event Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 1966 Event Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico 1966 Event Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 and wounds 31 at University of Texas 1966 Death Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1966 Event Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas 1966 Event Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras 1966 Event Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium 1966 Event All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 1966 Event Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers 1966 Event Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165 1965 Event 3rd cyclone of year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges River 1965 Event Bangladesh windstorm kills 10,000 1965 Event 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss and La 1965 Event 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000, Ganges R India 1965 Event coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236 1965 Event Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 1965 Event Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150 1965 Event 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) 1965 Event Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000 1965 Event Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) 1965 Event Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach, New Jersey, kills 84 1964 Event Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga 1964 Event Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 1964 Event Fire in Wegimond Belgium resort, kills 19 1963 Event Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal 1963 Event Train crash in Japan, kills 164 1963 Event Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana) 1963 Event Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 1963 Event Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 1963 Event Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti 1963 Event Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 1963 Event Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 1963 Event Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese 1963 Death Sylvia Plath, poet and novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30 1962 Event Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130 1962 Event Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 1962 Event U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1962 Event Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 1962 Event Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298 1961 Event Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras 1961 Event Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300 1961 Event Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 1961 Event British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 1961 Event Landslide in U.S.S.R., kills 145 1961 Event Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 1960 Event TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134 1960 Event Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) 1960 Event Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16 1960 Event Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash 1960 Event Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US 1960 Event Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 1960 Event South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill 1960 Event Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec 1960 Event Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers 1959 Event Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 1959 Event Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico 1959 Event Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea 1959 Event Tornado in St. Louis kills 19 and injures 265 1958 Birthday Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta Georgia, actor, Love Kills, Electric Dreams 1958 Event Bogota warehouse fire kills 82 1957 Event Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 1957 Event Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas 1957 Event Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 1956 Event Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) 1956 Event Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 1956 Event Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380 1955 Event Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado 1955 Event Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1955 Event Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti 1955 Event Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean 1955 Event Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico 1955 Event Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) 1955 Event Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US 1955 Event Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France 1955 Event Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues 1955 Event Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39 1955 Event Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 1954 Event Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53 1954 Event 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria 1954 Event Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68 1954 Event Hurricane Carol, kills 68 1953 Event Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand) 1953 Event Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166 1953 Event Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage 1953 Event Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835 1953 Event Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14 1952 Event 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) 1952 Event Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1952 Event U.S. minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176 1952 Event Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26 1951 Event Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1951 Event "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 1950 Event Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1950 Event 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000 1950 Event Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) 1949 Event Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 1949 Event Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes 1949 Event Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) 1949 Event Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1947 Event Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft. Deposit and Perryville Md, kills 53 1947 Event Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage 1947 Event French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 1947 Event Massive explosion and fire kills 522 in Texas City, Texas 1947 Event SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392 1947 Event Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 1946 Event Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 1946 Event Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119 1946 Event French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1946 Event Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11 1946 Event Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago, Illinois) 1946 Event Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil 1946 Event Filibuster in U.S. Senate kills FEPC bill 1945 Event During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington) 1945 Event Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550 1945 Event Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1944 Event Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1944 Event Hurricane, kills 389 in NC 1944 Event USAF kills 136, wounds 621 GI's at St-Lo 1944 Event 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 1943 Event "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 1943 Event Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1943 Event "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79 1943 Event Detroit race riot kills 35 1943 Event U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326 1942 Event Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass) 1942 Event Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 Event German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia 1942 Event 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 1942 Event Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 1942 Event Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173 1942 Event Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54 1942 Event Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria 1942 Event Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan 1942 Event 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pennsylvania, kills 21 1941 Event Einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine 1941 Event German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children 1941 Event Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500 1941 Event Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 1940 Event Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss) 1939 Event Oil refinery fire kills 500 and destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela 1939 Event Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents 1938 Event Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 1937 Event Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming 1937 Event Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13 1936 Event Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC 1936 Event Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia 1935 Event Floods at Yangtzee Jiang and Hoangh, kills 200,000 1935 Event Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan 1934 Event Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 1934 Event Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 1933 Event Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) 1932 Event Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China 1932 Event Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 1932 Event Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4 1932 Event El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1931 Event Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000 1931 Event Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000 1930 Event Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic) 1930 Event Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 1929 Event Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) 1928 Event British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110 1928 Event Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 1927 Event U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard 1927 Event Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt) 1927 Event U.S. rum smuggler Horace Alderman kills 3 1926 Event Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 1926 Event Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250 1926 Event Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372 1926 Event Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage 1926 Event Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California 1924 Event Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1923 Event 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 142,000 1923 Event Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120 1921 Event A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado 1920 Event Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30 1919 Event Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group 1919 Event "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston 1918 Event Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in U.S. in 1 week 1918 Event Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1918 Event Sergeant Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans 1918 Event Train accident at Weesp, Netherlands, kills 42 1918 Event Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 1918 Event Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68, Ivanhoe, Illinois 1918 Event TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania kills 200 1918 Event Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 1917 Event French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 1917 Event Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers 1917 Event Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S. 1916 Event Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol 1916 Event French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun 1916 Event French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 1915 Event Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 1915 Event British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 1915 Event Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800 1913 Event Explosion at Dawson New Mexico coal mine kills 263 mine workers 1913 Event Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439 1913 Event Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico 1913 Event Flood in Ohio, kills 400 1910 Event Explosion at Los Angeles Times kills 21 1910 Event Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull 1908 Event Collingwood Elementary, Cleveland, burns, kills 173 kids and 2 teachers 1907 Event Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 1907 Event Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 1907 Event Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 1907 Event Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico 1906 Event 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000 1906 Event San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75% of city 1906 Event Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1905 Event Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him 1905 Event Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 1904 Event Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96 1903 Event Fire at Chicago's Iriquois Theater kills 602 1903 Event Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta) 1902 Birthday Paul Guilfoyle, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor and director, Curiosity Kills 1902 Event Mount Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 1902 Event Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent kills 2-5,000 1902 Event Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25 1897 Event Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20 1897 Event Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 1896 Event Tornado kills 78 in Texas 1894 Event Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1893 Event 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi) 1893 Event Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1892 Event Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns 1891 Event Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1891 Event Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD 1891 Event Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania 1890 Event Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 1889 Event Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1888 Event Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1888 Event Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi 1887 Event Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million 1887 Birthday Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I 1886 Event Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas 1886 Event Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen 1885 Event Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France 1883 Event Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 1883 Event Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 1883 Event Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin, kills 71 1883 Event Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430 1883 Event Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt 1882 Event Tornado kills 130 in Iowa 1882 Event Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans 1881 Event Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 1880 Event Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York 1877 Event Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200 1877 Event Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 1876 Event Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death 1876 Event Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000 1875 Event Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1875 Event Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000 1871 Event Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation 1871 Event Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador 1869 Event Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania 1868 Event Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin, Missouri, kills 1 1866 Event Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London 1866 Event Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1865 Event Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1864 Event Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians 1863 Event Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 1853 Event 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut 1847 Event Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 1845 Event Fire in New York City destroys 1,000 homes and kills many 1845 Event Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China 1841 Event Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1840 Event Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 1837 Event Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands 1836 Event Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) 1834 Event Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews 1833 Event "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 1829 Event Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 1824 Event Series of fires kills 10 (Edinburgh Scotland) 1824 Event Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses 1816 Event French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas 1806 Event A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500 1797 Event Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000 1792 Event English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 1783 Event Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy) 1782 Event Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians 1780 Event Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean 1772 Event Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 1759 Event Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred 1755 Event Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 1737 Event Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India 1720 Event "Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000 1718 Event Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53 1709 Event Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans 1692 Event Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000 1666 Event Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Event Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Event Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8 1649 Event Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists 1643 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1637 Event 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven, Connecticut kills 500 indians 1634 Event Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein 1631 Event Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000 1616 Event Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war 1570 Event Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod 1556 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000 1556 Event Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China 1531 Event Earthquake in Lisbon Spain, kills 20,000-30,000 1492 Event Cheese and Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse 1290 Event Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 1191 Event Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko 526 Event Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
