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10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora

10th April 2024
Tagged as: Climate, Eruption, Mount Tambura, Natural Disaster, Tsunami, Volcano, Weather, Year with no summer

The explosion was estimated to be four times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, making it the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history.

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3rd February 1972: The deadliest recorded blizzard hit northwestern, central and southern Iran

3rd February 2024
Tagged as: Blizzard, Climate, Cyclone, Iran, Natural Disaster, Snow, Storm, Weather

Approximately 4,000 people perished in the blizzard, where the worst affected areas were buried in up to 8 metres (26 feet) of snow that would have covered a two and half story building.

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10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora

3rd February 1972: The deadliest recorded blizzard hit northwestern, central and southern Iran

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

7th September 1940: The Nazi German Luftwaffe launches The Blitz

6th September 1914: First Battle of the Marne begins with a French counter-offensive against the advancing German army

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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