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2. 1348 – Black Death. The Black Death, one of history’s deadliest pandemics, ravaged Europe from 1347 to 1351. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and primarily spread by fleas on rats ...
[21] [22] According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10 million new TB infections occur every year, and 1.5 million people die from it each year – making it the world's top infectious killer (before COVID-19 pandemic). [21] However, there is a lack of sources which describe major TB epidemics with definite time spans and death ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Second-deadliest disaster in United States history. Deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. 700,000 [3] 1981 – present HIV/AIDS in the United States: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history. 675,000 [4] 1918 – 1920 1918 influenza pandemic: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated.
Year Death toll Event Countries affected Type Date 2001 13,805–20,023 2001 Gujarat earthquake: India Earthquake January 26 2002 1,200 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes: Afghanistan March 25 2003 72,000 2003 European heat wave: Europe Heat wave July – August 2004 227,898 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in the United States Year Incident Location Deaths Injuries Ref; 1949 Camden shootings: Camden, New Jersey: 13 3 1966 University of Texas tower shooting† Austin, Texas: 17 31 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre† San Diego, California: 22 19 1991 Luby's shooting† Killeen, Texas: 23 27 2007 Virginia ...
Deadliest tornado in New Jersey history. Great Natchez Tornado: May 7, 1840: Southeastern United States >1: 317+ fatalities, 109+ injuries: Second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history September 1845 New York outbreak: September 20, 1845: New York, Vermont >5 – Multiple long-track tornadoes crossed upstate New York
1960: 'Psycho' The game changed forever in 1960 when Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" debuted audiences who left the theater shell-shocked. For the horror genre, the film's debut signaled the start of ...