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World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, and 1945 was a particularly grim year as it marked the war's violent conclusion. This year witnessed the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Japan ...
The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.; South Point School was founded in Kolkata, India.
1956 Yahiko Shrine Stampede: New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine: Yahiko, Niigata, Japan 123 2 July 2024 2024 Hathras crowd crush: A crowd crush caused by overcrowding during a satsang: Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India: 118 9 April 1998 1998 Hajj stampede: Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia 115 19 September 1902 Shiloh Baptist Church stampede
Year 536 (Roman numerals: DXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Belisarius.. In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as "the worst year to be alive" because of the volcanic winter of 536 caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to ...
More than one historian consulted by Bloom named this the worst year in U.S. history. It included the Civil War's Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history, which took ...
Here's a statistic: On Earth, 18 of the last 19 years have been the warmest in recorded history. And as both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on ...
The year 2020 was widely remarked as being an annus horribilis for the entire world in general, most notably due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in late 2019 and rapidly spread worldwide throughout 2020. [12] [13] [14] 2020 was also awarded a "Special Governors
Hundred Years' War: 2.3–3.5 million [44] [45] [27] 1337–1453 House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet: Western Europe Soviet–Afghan War: 1–3 million [46] 1979–1989 Soviet Union and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan vs. Afghan mujahideen: Afghanistan Delhi Conquest of North India: 0.5–3 million [47] 1300–1310 Delhi Sultanate vs ...