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Mecca Tragedies – 1990-1994-1997 and 1998
The Hajj is the world’s largest pilgrimage, drawing a vast crowd to Mecca every year.
Space Shuttle Challenger – 1986
Spend billions of dollars, utilize the cutting-edge design and engineering capabilities of the world’s most
Bangladesh Tube Wells – 1970
Bangladesh is a desperately poor country, with most of its 140 million citizens living in
Introduction of Nile Perch to Lake Victoria – 1950s-1960s
Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake – and home to one of the world’s largest
Notting Hill Race Riots – 1958
Britain has long been a haven for immigrants. This enriches the nation, though not without
Introduction of Cats to Marion Island – 1949
Far from land in the sub-Antarctic region of the Indian Ocean lie the Prince Edward
Bethnal Green Disaster – 1943
The eastern extension to London’s Central Line was under construction in the 1930s, but was
Introduction to Australia of the Cane Toad – 1935-1936
It was Puerto Rico’s fault. The Caribbean island introduced the Giant Neotropical Toad (officially Bufo
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand – 1914
Life looked sweet for 49-year-old Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este in 1914. He had married
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Michigan’s Copper Country was in turmoil from July 1913, as miners struck for union recognition,
Captain Scott’s Polar Assault – 1912
He was famous following the Discovery Expedition, but Robert Falcon Scott’s burning ambition – to
Barnsley Public Hall Disaster – 1908
New-fangled cinematography was still a great novelty in 1908, so the youngsters who trooped towards
Khodynka Tragedy – 1896
There was nothing grander than a Russian Imperial coronation, and great festivities had been planned
Victoria Hall Crush – 1883
There’s nothing that causes greater grief than the death of a child, which made events
Deaths of Burke and Wills – 1861
One riding accident and a minor oversight led to the demise of two pioneering Australian
The Donner Party – 1846-1847
The lure of a better life on America’s West Coast saw thousands of mid-19th-century pioneers
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