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The deadliest single-day battle in American history, if all engaged armies are considered, is the Battle of Antietam with 3,675 killed, including both United States and Confederate soldiers (total casualties for both sides were 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing Union and Confederate soldiers September 17, 1862).
Medgar Evers, African-American U.S. civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Mississippi. [14] Byron De La Beckwith: Shot by a Ku Klux Klan member, who was convicted in 1994. 22 November 1963: John F. Kennedy, President of the United States Lee Harvey Oswald
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
An American United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crashed into the center of the village of Freckleton. It crashed into a school, 3 houses, and a cafe. Sixty-one individuals, including 38 children and two teenagers, were killed. Ten American servicemen were among the fatalities. 61 1946 La Salle Hotel: Fire ...
Deputy leader of external operations for Al-Qaeda. 2012-01-10 Drone strike. [6] Bader Mansoor: Leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliate. 2012-02-09 Drone strike. [6] Abu Yahya al-Libi: Senior member of Al-Qaeda. 2012-06-04 Mir Ali: Pakistan: Libya: Drone strike. [6] Usman Adil: Leader of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. 2012-04-29 Drone strike. [6] Abdul ...
All 45 passengers and the four crew members were killed when the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house. One person on the ground also was killed. The collision Wednesday of the ...
The Spanish Flu, the second deadliest pandemic in history after the bubonic plague, along with the aftermath of World War I and ensuing political and social chaos, made 1918 a tough time to be alive.
The packed house may have had as many as 1,000 people inside at the time. Jan. 25, 1971: 2000 Commonwealth Ave., a luxury condo building that was under construction, collapsed in Boston. Four ...