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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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9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany

13th September 1899: Henry H. Bliss, the first person to be killed by an automobile in America

2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium

26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store

26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate

25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean

24th September 1789: The Judiciary Act becomes law in the United States of America

23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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