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Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions

Here is information on significant earthquakes and volcanic eruptions going back as early as A.D. 79 and through the present. A.D. 79…

May 2005 Disasters

May 18, Los Barros Range, Chile: a fierce snow storm in the Los Barros range of the Andes mountains killed at least 46 soldiers on training on an army exercise. See also Major Earthquakes…

June 2004 Disasters

June 29–30, Philippines: Typhoon Mindulle struck the Philippines, killing 30.June 29, Sierra Leone: A United Nations helicopter carrying peacekeepers and others crashed, killing all 24 on…

World Series 2008 by the Numbers

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Record of World Series Games World Series Club Standings World Series Single Game and Single Series Records Our National Pastime 30…

Ernest Gallo Biography

vinterDied: March 6, 2007 (Modesto, California) Best Known as: vintner With little more than a high-school education, Gallo created one of the world's…

Oil Spills and Disasters Timeline

The following list includes major oil spills since 1967. The circumstances surrounding the spill, amount of oil spilled, and the attendant environmental damage is also given. 1967 March 18,…

2006 Year in Review

Top events for the nation and the world   Refugees in Menawashi, Darfur. Quizzes Incendiary Political Remarks, 2006 While addressing the United Nations General Assembly, who referred…

Major Blizzards in the U.S.

  1888 Jan. 12, Dakota and Montana territories, Minn., Nebr., Kans., and Tex.: “Schoolchildren's Blizzard” resulted in 235 deaths, many of which were children on their way home from school.…

The Severity of an Earthquake

Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes are the result of forces deep within Earth's interior that continuously affect its surface. The energy from…