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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

24th March 2018
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

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

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

9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

20th January 1942: Nazi leaders meet at the Wannsee Conference

19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London

18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor

17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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