Cavalese Cable Car Collision – 1998

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When an EA-6B Prowler aircraft left the Aviano Air Base in northeastern Italy on February 3 1998, it was a…

Kidnapping of Gorbachev – 1991

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By the mid-1980s, the Soviet Union was creaking. The Communist Party’s absolute control from Moscow had failed to deliver for…

Mecca Tragedies – 1990-1994-1997 and 1998

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The Hajj is the world’s largest pilgrimage, drawing a vast crowd to Mecca every year. It is the fifth pillar…

Space Shuttle Challenger – 1986

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Spend billions of dollars, utilize the cutting-edge design and engineering capabilities of the world’s most technologically advanced nation and what…

Bangladesh Tube Wells – 1970

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Bangladesh is a desperately poor country, with most of its 140 million citizens living in abject poverty. The former East…

Introduction of Nile Perch to Lake Victoria – 1950s-1960s

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Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake - and home to one of the world’s largest freshwater fish. The man-sized Nile…

Notting Hill Race Riots – 1958

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Britain has long been a haven for immigrants. This enriches the nation, though not without difficulties along the way. Echoes…

Introduction of Cats to Marion Island – 1949

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Far from land in the sub-Antarctic region of the Indian Ocean lie the Prince Edward Islands. There are just two…

Bethnal Green Disaster – 1943

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The eastern extension to London’s Central Line was under construction in the 1930s, but was incomplete when World War II…

Introduction to Australia of the Cane Toad – 1935-1936

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It was Puerto Rico’s fault. The Caribbean island introduced the Giant Neotropical Toad (officially Bufo marinus) from nearby Central America…