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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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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA

10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact

26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France

26th July 1936: Germany and Italy agree to support Franco’s Nationalist rebellion in Spain

25th July 1965: Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival

24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III

23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia ahead of the First World War

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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