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Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous national park in the world. Established in 1872, it covers over two…
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For China, 1976 was a year of political upheaval and power struggles. For Tangshan, an industrial city of over a…
Tropical storm Nina reached typhoon intensity on August 2 1975. It battered the central mountains of Taiwan, made landfall over…
For the people of Darwin, Christmas 1974 brought neither peace nor merrymaking. Just after midnight on Christmas Eve Cyclone Tracy…