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The huge Preparedness Day Parade of Saturday, July 22, 1916, was a target of radicals. An unsigned anti-war pamphlet issued throughout the city in mid-July read in part, "We are going to use a little direct action on the 22nd to show that militarism can't be forced on us and our children without a violent protest."
Deaths Injuries Comments 1776 Turtle submarine attack on the Eagle: New York Harbor, United States Ezra Lee and David Bushnell: 0 0 David Bushnell designed the Turtle submarine using a clockwork time bomb crafted by Isaac Doolittle that would attach to the hull of the British ship the Eagle using a screw, but the screw failed to penetrate the ...
The offensive had inflicted heavy losses on Ansar al-Sharia by the time of the bombing, with the group losing nearly 150 fighters according to a tally count by AFP. [7] A week prior to the bombing, al-Qaeda released a video in which leader Ayman al-Zawahiri denounced Hadi as a "U.S. agent" and a "traitor." [8] [9]
[3] [4] More recent academic research carried out in 2007 estimated that 100 to 240 deaths were caused by the radiation leak. [5] [6] [7] 1 (disputed) Fukushima nuclear disaster: 2011 March In 2018, 1 cancer death of a man who worked at the plant at the time of the accident was attributed to radiation exposure by a Japanese government panel.
Tuesday’s bomb cyclone wreaked havoc across Western Washington. Puget Sound Energy reported nearly 475,000 customers without power as of 1 a.m. Wednesday, with most of those affected in King County.
At 8:22am on 22 September 1989, a 15-pound (6.8 kg) time bomb detonated in the recreational centre changing room at the Royal Marines School of Music. [3] [4] [5] The blast destroyed the recreational centre, levelled the three-storey accommodation building next to it and caused extensive damage to the rest of the base and nearby civilian homes. [3]
Mistakes happen on live TV, and Cher’s Today show flub was nothing short of hilarious. Cher, 78, accidentally dropped an F-bomb on air while chatting with Hoda Kotb about her new book, Cher: The ...
The explosion caused the station clock to stop at the time of the incident (10:25). Images of the stopped clock quickly became a visual symbol of the tragedy. The clock was initially repaired but in 1996, the authorities decided to permanently fix the clock at 10:25, as a commemoration.