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This is a list of structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Panic of 1866, was an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London; Great depression of British agriculture (1873–1896) Long Depression (1873–1896) Panic of 1873, a US recession with bank failures, followed by a four-year depression; Depression of 1882–1885; Panic of 1884. [5 ...
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.
At least 9 others were injured, and 7 homes 450 feet from the rupture were destroyed. The same pipeline also had an explosion on May 9, 1955, just 930 feet (280 m) from the 1965 failure. March 1967: The Torrey Canyon supertanker was shipwrecked off the west coast of Cornwall, England, causing an environmental disaster.
Panic of 1819, a U.S. recession with bank failures; culmination of U.S.'s first boom-to-bust economic cycle; Panic of 1825, a pervasive British recession in which many banks failed, nearly including the Bank of England; Panic of 1837, a U.S. recession with bank failures, followed by a 5-year depression; Panic of 1847, United Kingdom
Among his most explosive flops are a literal series of explosions: His SpaceX, one of the most ambitious private ventures in history, began in 2006 with its first rocket launch ending in one. The ...
Most bank failures don't make front-page news, so many people don't know how often they happen. Recently, however, the second-biggest bank failure in American history dominated headlines as Silicon...
Although the Japanese invasion force was half of the size of the defending force, Japanese air attacks on the city and lack of water proved decisive. Prime Minister Winston Churchill considered it to be the worst defeat in British military history, and it's been credited for undermining British prestige in Southeast Asia. Battle of Midway (June ...