Table of Contents
Introduction vii
1 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Destruction of Pompeii 1
79 CE
2 Bubonic Plague Epidemic in Europe 2
1357-1351
3 Great Fire of London 3
1666
4 Earthquake in New Madrid, Missouri 4
1811
5 Potato Famine in Ireland 5
1845-1649
6 Arctic-Vesta Ship Collision 6
1854
7 Sultana Steamboat Explosion 7
1865
8 Great Chicago Fire 8
1871
9 Peshtigo Fire 9
1871
10 Eruption of Krakatoa 10
1883
11 Great Blizzard of 1888 11
1888
12 Johnstown Flood 12
1889
13 Great Galveston Hurricane 13
1900
14 Eruption of Mount Pelée 14
1902
15 General Slocum Ship Fire 15
1904
16 1906 San Francisco Earthquake 16
1906
17 Monongah Mining Disaster 17
1907
18 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 18
1911
19 Sinking of the Titanic 19
1912
20 Mine Disaster in Dawson, New Mexico 20
1913
21 Halifax Explosion 21
1917
22 Malbone Street Wreck 22
1918
23 Influenza Pandemic 23
1918-1919
24 Great Molasses Flood 24
1919
25 Great Tri-State Tornado 25
1925
26 Dust Bowl 26
1934-1937
27 Morro Castle Ship Fire 27
1934
28 Hindenburg Disaster 28
1937
29 Great New England Hurricane 29
1938
30 Cocoanut Grove Fire 30
1942
31 Hartford Circus Fire 31
1944
32 April Fool's Day Tsunami 32
1946
33 Grandcamp Ship Explosion 33
1947
34 1955 Le Mans Disaster 34
1955
35 Andrea Doria-Stockholm Ship Collision 35
1956
36 Thresher Submarine Sinking 36
1963
37 Good Friday Earthquake 37
1964
38 Aberfan Disaster 38
1966
39 1966 Flood of the Arno 39
1966
40 Hurricane Camille 40
1969
41 1970 Bhola Cyclone 41
1970
42 1972 Nicaragua Earthquake 42
1972
43 Big Thompson Canyon Flood 43
1976
44 Tenerife Airport Disaster 44
1977
45 New York City Blackout 45
1977
46 Three Mile Island Accident 46
1979
47 American Airlines Flight 191 Crash 47
1979
48 Hurricane David 48
1979
49 The Who Concert Disaster 49
1979
50 Love Canal Disaster 50
1970s
51 Eruption of Mount St. Helens 51
1980
52 MGM Grand Fire 52
1980
53 AIDS Epidemic 53
1980-1990s
54 Bihar Train Derailment 54
1981
55 Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse 55
1981
56 Air Florida Flight 90 Crash 56
1982
57 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Shot Down 57
1983
58 Famine in Ethiopia and Sudan 58
1983-1988
59 Bhopal Disaster 59
1984
60 Japan Airlines Flight 123 Crash 60
1985
61 1985 Mexico City Earthquake 61
1985
62 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster 62
1986
63 Chernobyl Disaster 63
1986
64 Lake Nyos Disaster 64
1986
65 Dupont Plaza Hotel Arson 65
1986
66 Doña Paz-Vector Collision 66
1987
67 1988 Armenian Earthquake 67
1988
68 Pan Am Flight 103 Crash 68
1988
69 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 69
1989
70 Hurricane Hugo 70
1989
71 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake 71
1989
72 Happy Land Fire 72
1990
73 Oakland Firestorm of 1991 73
1991
74 Hurricane Andrew 74
1992
75 Storm of the Century 75
1993
76 Great Flood of 1993 76
1993
77 Sinking of the Estonia 77
1994
78 Kobe Earthquake 78
1995
79 Oklahoma City Bombing 79
1995
80 Valujet Airlines Flight 592 Crash 80
1996
81 TWA Flight 800 Crash 81
1996
82 1998 China Floods 82
1998
83 Swissair Flight 111 Crash 83
1998
84 Hurricane Mitch 84
1998
85 Bourbonnais, Illinois, Train Crash 85
1999
86 Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire 86
1999
87 1999 izmit Earthquake 87
2000
88 Air France Flight 4590 Crash 88
2000
89 Kursk Submarine Disaster 89
2000
90 September 11 Terrorist Attacks 90
2001
91 American Airlines Flight 587 Crash 91
2001
92 Mesa Redonda Fire 92
2001
93 Mount Nyiragongo Eruption 93
2002
94 El Ayyat Railway Accident 94
2002
95 Boxing Day Tsunami 95
2004
96 Hurricane Katrina 96
2005
97 2010 Haiti Earthquake 97
2010
98 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spilt 98
2010
99 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster 99
2011
100 Dhaka Garment Factory Collapse 100
2013
Trivia Questions 101
Project Suggestion 102
Index 103
