The Citicorp Building
In 1977, the Citicorp Center in New York City (NYC) was completed. It was distinctive and remarkable because it was built...
The Challenger Disaster
Launched on January 28th, 1986, the 10th mission of the space shuttle Challenger was very much in the public eye. The crew included...
The King’s Cross Fire
More than 150 firefighters and 30 fire engines were called to a blaze at London’s King’s Cross St Pancras tube station, a major interchange on the London Underground. The November 18, 1987 blaze was the worst fire in the history of the London Underground, and it all began ...
The East Ohio Gas Company Explosion
On October 24, 1944, in Cleveland’s East Side, a natural gas storage facility exploded, causing so much damage that the neighborhoods affected looked...
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
On March 11, 2011, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the coast of Honshu island. Measured at 9.0 on the Richter scale ...
The Flixborough Works of Nypro Explosion and Fire
"I felt the blast from a terrific explosion which had occurred somewhere behind me. The blast was such that it threw me full length across the road. Debris then began to fall all around me, and I was covered with oil which fell out of the sky," a worker ...