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.
Drs. Johan Hultin and Jeffrey Taubenberger study preserved tissue samples from WWI soldiers and from an Inuit woman to conclude the flu virus most lik...
NASA and NOAA are able to track the spread of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
In the 1600s, the East India Company becomes one of the most powerful businesses in the world.
The Challenger does experience O-ring failure and explodes less than two minutes into launch.
Hitler plans to turn Norway into an affiliated nation. By the 9th of June, 1940, Norway falls although resistance continues throughout WWII.
Astronauts are ready for Challenger's launch; thousands of school children are watching to see the lift-off of the first teacher in Space, Christa McA...
The weapon that strikes the Black Hawks comes from Afghanistan; the Soviet Union gave them weapons. An associate of Osama Bin Laden trains the Somalis...
One of the worst disasters in the United States, the flooding of Johnstown Pennsylvania in 1889.
After the 1929 stock market crash, the Great Depression is the worst economic disaster in history.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin envisions and creates rigid airships that are used for transportation and war.
Thomas Edison's new film company records destroyed boats and stranded ships in Galveston's harbor.
The Hindenburg, built in 1931, is almost as long as the Titanic. Its function is to carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean in less time than a shi...
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