Theme
Disasters & Accidents
3 events in this theme.
Disasters & Accidents April 15 1912
Unsinkable: The Loss of RMS Titanic
In the early hours of 15 April 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg, taking more than 1,500 lives on her maiden voyage.
Disasters & Accidents January 15 1919
A Wave of Molasses: Boston's Strangest Disaster
On 15 January 1919, a fifty-foot steel tank in Boston's North End burst, sending millions of gallons of molasses through the streets in a wave that killed 21 people — and produced a landmark corporate-negligence case.
Disasters & Accidents April 26 1986
Reactor Four: The Chernobyl Disaster
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, a botched safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine blew apart Reactor No. 4, spreading radioactive fallout across Europe and reshaping the world's view of nuclear power.