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.
A tsunami wave strikes and destroys a commuter train and nearby villages in Sri Lanka.
View videos and listen to stories from tsunami survivors who explain their account of the destruction.
William Tyndale is largely responsible for the King James Version of the Bible, but his work is also burned.
As Ukrainians starve, the Soviet government covers-up the disaster occurring in Ukraine by selling more and more grain to other countries.
The Bolsheviks change their sharing policies to taking policies not long after consolidating their power.
As he transforms the USSR into an industrial powerhouse, Stalin will pay for his plans with Ukrainian grain.
Stalin's orders to take Ukrainian grain, between 1932-33, cause people throughout Ukraine to starve.
KLM 4805 requests and starts the take-off process without clearance.
As they investigate a deadly virus which is infecting and killing people in the Yambuku area of Zaire, investigators decide to name the virus after a ...
The CIA studies photographs showing the position of rail spurs, camp buildings, and vehicles.
Trained to conduct salvage missions, Brashear and his team aboard the USS Hoist go to retrieve the missing hydrogen bomb.
Bombs strike the USS Arizona causing it to explode; 900 sailors die and the ship sinks.
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