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Union Carbide plant, Bhopal, India after the 1984 explosion Over 40 years ago, on the night of December 3, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, released 30 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air.

La Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus fire, Santiago, Chile, 1863 The deadliest fire disaster ever recorded is not where you might think.

Polish Countess Emilia Plater in 1830 Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary who played a critical role in the Poland’s 1830 “November Uprising” against the Russian Empire.

Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, America’s Jimmy Carter and Israel’s Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords in 1978 Peace in the Middle East seems like a utopian fantasy.

Aftermath of the New York City Wall Street Bombing of 1920 As clocks struck Noon, and the bells of Trinity Church rang out on September 16th, 1920, a man ran from a wagon on Wall Street.

Map of present day Iraq and Iran For all their revolutions and wars over the last five decades, you must remember that Iraq and Iran are relatively new nations on the world scene.

French aviator and athlete Marie Marvingt.

“Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” – Philosopher George Santayana, Reason in Common Sense, 1905.

Superfund Site Warning sign outside Times Beach, Missouri 1983 Along famed ROUTE 66 just south of St.

Donora Death Fog of 1948, Donora, Pennsylvania In 1948, a little-remembered environmental disaster occurred in the U.S. that shocked the entire world.

The Mahanoy Plane inclined railroad, Frackville, PA In the Coal Mining Region of eastern Pennsylvania, Appalachian valleys from Harrisburg to Scranton contain prized veins of hard, black Anthracite coal.

Michelangelo’s David less seen backside in Florence, Italy How much do you know about Michelangelo’s David?

For the audio Podcast: Click Here The 1900 Galveston Hurricane Memorial, Galveston, TX If you approached Galveston, Texas from the gulf in 1900, it looked like an American Venice.

For an audio podcast Click Here The Sultana Disaster on the Mississippi River near Memphis, TN, April 1865 More souls died on the Riverboat Sultana than the RMS Titanic.

Experience the Johnston Flood in the young adult historical novel SWEPT AWAY.

Experience the Great Chicago Fire in the historical novel FIREBRANDS Chicagoans flee the GREAT CHICAGO FIRE of 1871 It is true the infamous Great Chicago Fire started in the barn of Catherine O’Leary on Sunday night, October 8th, 1871.