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.
According to Sarah Farmer, in her 1999 book "Martyred Village - Commemorating the 1944 Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane," tragic events took place as the...
By the 27th of April, the Deepwater Horizon plume was moving toward the coastline of Louisiana.
Composition of bodies: Elements and Humors - a miniature for On the Properties of Things [a thirteenth-century book translated into French during the ...
Did ancient people view volcanic eruptions differently than we do?
Meningitis occurs when the meninges (the membrane linings of the brain and spinal cord) become inflamed.
This Welsh song, from the 18th century, remains popular. This stirring rendition is by the Royal Regiment of Wales' Band.
Merle Evans was leading the Ringling Bros. band during its July 6, 1944 performance in Hartford, Connecticut when a fire broke out.
This image depicts one of Dorothea Lange's most-famous photographs. The subject is Florence Owens Thompson; the picture was taken in February or March...
Working on Deepwater Horizon, Mike Williams had to jump approximately ten stories from the rig to save his life.
Eyewitnesses saw a plane land on Mili Atoll in July of 1937. Could it have been Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan?
Flying at about 68,000 feet, Francis Gary Powers thought he was invulnerable to any Soviet surface-to-air missile. To his surprise, and that of the Am...
Montezuma II placates the Spaniards, which ultimately means the demise of his empire.
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