The Night Prince William Sound Turned Black
Just after midnight on March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude into Alaska's pristine waters.
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The Great White Hurricane Strikes, March 11, 1888
On March 11, 1888, a mild spring day gave way to one of the deadliest blizzards in American history — a storm that buried cities, killed more than 400 people, and forced America to go underground.
The Morning a Bomber Crashed Into the Empire State Building
On July 28, 1945, a B-25 bomber lost in thick fog slammed into the Empire State Building, killing 14 — and an elevator operator survived a 75-story fall.
The Hindenburg Burns at Lakehurst
On May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg caught fire while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people and ending the age of the passenger airship.