Disasters Story Briefs

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.

Anne Hutchinson - and some of her children - died unfortunate deaths of mistaken identity in the summer of 1643.

As the pyroclastic flows pour out of Mt. Vesuvius, during its 79 AD eruption, the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii are annihilated.

During the Apollo 13 accident, the crew used the three modules of their spacecraft in unplanned ways.

Some people wondered whether Apollo 13 should have had that number..."13." When a life-threatening situation developed, how did collaboration between ...

Gavrilo Princip tries to commit suicide, after his fatal shooting of the Archduke and his wife, but the cyanide in the capsule he swallows is old, hen...

Not knowing whether there was a conspiracy behind the death of President Kennedy, officials initially delayed the formal announcement of his death.

This clip is the actual FAA Air Traffic Control transmission from ATC Cleveland Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Released in 2010, and distributed in America by Disneynature, the documentary film, Oceans, took four years to make and covers about 50 different loca...

You will know why Japan attacked Hawaii.

In April of 1942, Slovakia began handing over its Jews to the Nazi government.

Adult ESL students at the advanced level need reading assignments that pique their interest, are adult in content and challenge their English language...

Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), from Liverpool, was a daring British commander who won several battles in the South during the American Revolution. He ...

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