
A Lucky Escape, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteUncle Luther and Aunt Vera never made it to the UP that spring. Their trip was cut short […]
This post was originally published on this siteUncle Luther and Aunt Vera never made it to the UP that spring. Their trip was cut short […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 was a catastrophic, historic northeaster that struck New England, New Jersey, […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn December 28, 1978, a combination of a low pressure system from the Mediterranean Sea, which brought moisture […]
This post was originally published on this siteThere was a white Christmas in Guildford in 1927. But the snow soon thawed and by the new […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Ohio River flooded for about three weeks in early 1937, leaving one million people homeless and 385 […]
This post was originally published on this siteIt was a miserably cold night, with bitter gusts of wind and a light snow even though it […]
This post was originally published on this siteBy 1950, almost every race-car driver used safety seat belts. American car manufacturers Nash (in 1949) and Ford […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn November 4, 1966, the city of Venice woke up in the middle of its biggest nightmare. The […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn August 12, 1853, a head-on collision occurred on a single track between Providence, Rhode Island and Worcester, […]
This post was originally published on this siteEven as the flood waters rose, the sun shone bright on May 17, 1974. Earlier rains and a […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Nemi ships were two ships, one larger than the other, built under the reign of the Roman […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de […]
This post was originally published on this siteLast pictures from Robert Landsburg as the eruption of Mt St Helens beared down on him. Knowing he […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in […]
This post was originally published on this siteIt was just another routine inter-island flight when an Aloha Airlines jet took off from Hilo, bound for […]
This post was originally published on this siteIgor Kostin (1936–2015) was one of the five photographers in the world to take pictures of the Chernobyl […]
This post was originally published on this siteThere are many causes for boiler explosions such as poor water treatment causing scaling and over heating of […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big Bopper” J. […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis is the last known photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew boarding the space shuttle on January 28, […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Manchurian (or Pneumonic) Plague, a fiasco in the history of public health in China, came at a […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn Oct. 13, 1972, a Uruguayan air force plane, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team, crashed in […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1965 floods of the South Platte River basin swept through the Front Range and Eastern Plains of […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe River Thames bursting its banks, rail lines being washed away, villages being turned into islands and soldiers […]
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