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It also excludes indirect car-related fatalities. For more details, see Transportation safety in the United States. From the beginning of recorded statistics until the 1970s, total traffic deaths in the United States generally trended upwards, except during the Great Depression and World War II. From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year ...
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February 7 – February 9 – The death toll from a nor'easter across the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada is 18, with 40 inches of snow reported from Hamden, Connecticut. More than 900,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm, while airports in the region cancelled over 5,300 flights.
This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War.
Disasters and accidents The death toll from the tornados that hit Oklahoma City on May 31 rises to nine. (News Limited) Three people are killed in apartment building explosion in Manila, Philippines. (Sydney Morning Herald via AFP) An Ontario, Canada air ambulance crashes killing its two pilots and two paramedics. (BBC) International relations The United States calls on China to provide a full ...
The medical examiner's office increased the death toll to 25 after a 90-year-old woman who suffered a fractured skull during the tornado died on August 1. [64] On May 6, 2018, nearly five years after the tornado, a 14-year-old survivor who suffered posttraumatic stress disorder after losing seven of his friends at Plaza Towers Elementary School ...
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.
Politics and elections Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013: Voters in Croatia go to the polls for a referendum on a proposal to outlaw same-sex marriage with 65 per cent voting yes. (Sky News) Science and technology Comet ISON breaks up into a cloud of debris after skimming the Sun. (NBC) China launches the Chang'e 3 lunar probe incorporating a robotic lander and Jade Rabbit rover ...