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

24th March 2020
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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11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time

16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor

22nd March 1895: The Lumière brothers stage their first film screening in Paris

22nd December 1894: Alfred Dreyfus found guilty of treason in France

7th April 1498: Savonarola meets to take part in a trial by fire

6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games take place

5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England

4th April 1968: Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee

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

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

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