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The size of the club did in fact create the Book of the Month Club as a brand. Being a "Book of the Month Club" selection was used to promote books to the general public. Book of the Month Club was acquired by Time Inc. in 1977; Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications in 1989. [9] [10] The original judges panel was eliminated in 1994. [11]
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.
State troopers opened non-stop fire on prisoners and hostages after a four-day prison uprising, killing 29 of the former and 10 of the latter; one prison guard had also died at the beginning of the riot. It is considered the deadliest one-day encounter between Americans since the Civil War. 43 1987 PSA Flight 1771: Aircraft hijacking
The book takes readers on a day-by-day journey from January 1 to December 31, uncovering at least one interesting and appropriate historical event for each day of the year.
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 ...
In the U.S., from a population of 105 million, the flu claimed about 675,000 lives—almost 10 times more than the country's World War I fatalities—and it dramatically lowered life expectancy by ...
The following is a partial list, by month and year: February 1884: Enigma tornado outbreak (10 counties) [1] March 1920: 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak (4 counties) [1] May 1929: 1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreak [1] March 1932: 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak [1] April 1936: 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak [1]
Historically, September has been the worst month of the year for the stock market. As shown above, during the last decade, the S&P 500 has declined by an average of 2.3% in September.