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24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound

24th March 2022
Tagged as: Alaska, disaster, Environment, Exxon Valdez, Oil, Ship, Wildlife

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.

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5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

5th December 2018
Tagged as: coal, England, Environment, London, Pollution, Smog, United Kingdom

The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution and weather conditions.

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24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound

5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

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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

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

3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain

3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne

2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in office

1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

30th September 1967: Launch of BBC Radio 1 with the words ‘…and, good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1’

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

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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