Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Exxon Valdez had only recently departed the Valdez Marine Terminal when the captain, Joseph Hazelwood, left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of steering the vessel while he retired to his quarters.
The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
21 people were killed and a further 150 were injured after 2.3 million gallons of molasses swept through North End in Boston, Massachusetts after a storage tank collapsed.
At 9.15am on the 21st October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War
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19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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