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Famous Disasters Assassinations Famous Crimes Misc. History
Famous Disasters Whether it's hurricanes, earthquakes, fire, flood, shipwrecks, or molasses(?) people are interested in disasters. Why, because we are amazed at the damage that nature can wreak and we are powerless to stop it. We are also amazed at the destruction we can bring upon ourselves. We sympathize with the victims and give thanks that it didn't happened to us. Our hearts are warmed by the stories of people helping one another, and by the stories of heroism. I picked links about some disasters which, though famous, are lesser known about because of passage of time.
The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812 | The
Great New Madrid Earthquake
New Madrid 1811-1812 |
The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 | 5:12 AM - April 18, 1906 |
The Galveston, Texas Hurricane of 1900 | Remembering the Great Storm |
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 | Everything
Weather - The Great New England Hurricane
Great New England Harricane of 1938 |
The Johnstown Flood of 1889 | A
Roar Like Thunder
The History of the Johnstown Flood Discover the Story of the Johnstown Flood |
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 | The
Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
Chicago Fire 1871 |
The Great Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire of 1871 | The
Great Peshtigo Fire
Fire In the Midwest Firestorms of 1871 Peshtigo Fire |
The Boston Molasses Disaster, January 15, 1919 | A
Sticky Situation
The Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919 |
The Sultana Disaster | Death
on the Dark River
The Sultana Disaster, April 27, 1865 |
The General Slocum Fire | 1904
Paddleboat Fire
June 15, 1904 |
Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion, 1944 | Port
Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion
Port Chicago, California The Port Chicago Disaster The Port Chicago Mutiny America's Dark Secret An Atomic Bomb? |
The Hindenburg Disaster | The
Hindenburg Disaster
The Events of May 6, 1937 The Mystery of the Hindeburg Disaster Secrets of the Dead Hindenburg Transcript Hydrogen Exonerated in Hindenburg Disaster |
Lt. Colonel William Smith in a Mitchell B-25 Bomber, vs. the Empire State Building | The
Plane that Crashed into the Empire State Building
1945 Plane Crash Rocked New York City Plane Strikes Empire State Building Woman Survives 75 Story Fall |
The Donner Party | 150th
Anniversary of the Donner Party
The American Experience - The Donner Party New Light On the Donner Party |
The Battle of Little Big Horn or The Battle of Greasy Grass |
The
Custer Battlefield Home Page
Little Big Horn Cover-up? |
Watergate | Watergate
Impeachment Proceedings |
Assassinations
Famous Crimes
The Molly Maguires - Labor Movement Heroes or Murderous gang? | The
Overthrow of the Molly Maguires
James McParland and the Molly Maguires |
The Lindberg Kidnapping | Crime
Library's - The Lindberg
Kidnapping Bruno Hauptmann Trial |
Some
good history links pages:
The
Historynet (my favorite)
The
Flag of the United States
An
Outline of American History
The
History Place
Historic
Documents of the United States of America
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