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The Halifax Explosion
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The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the Norwegian SS Imo in "The N...
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Bhopal disaster
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The Bhopal disaster was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bho...
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Eddystone lighthouse
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The first lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks was an octagonal wooden structure built by Henry Winstanley. Construction started in 1696 and the light was lit on 14 November 1698. Read more
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Pagans are ready to show their pride and dispel the lingering misunderstandings surrounding their faith.
Hundreds of local followers of the often-misunderstood religion gathered for the fourth annual Pagan Pride festival in Gage Park. They soaked up offerings from hundreds of vendors, sp...
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Black-faced Honeycreeper
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The Poouli or Black-faced Honeycreeper (Melamprosops phaeosoma) is a critically endangered and possibly extinct bird species that is endemic to Hawaii. On September 9, 2004, one of the remaining birds, a male, was captured and taken to the Maui Bird Conservation Centre in Olinda, in an attempt to...
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Great Storm of 1703
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The Great Storm of 1703 is arguably the most severe storm or natural disaster ever recorded in the southern part of Britain. It affected southern England and the English Channel. A 193-km/h "perfect hurricane", it started on 24 November, and did not die down until 2 December 1703 (Old Sty...
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Whaleship Essex
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The Essex was an American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts. The ship, captained by George Pollard, Jr., was widely known for being attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820 - an incident that served as inspiration for Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick. R...
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Lucihormetica luckae
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Volcano Vaporises Cool Glowing Roach A volcano may have snuffed out the light of a tricky glowing cóckroach. The insect, Lucihormetica luckae, sported glowing patches and reflective surfaces on its back which made the roach resemble another glowing insect, the poisonous click beetle. However l...
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Hoxne Hoard
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The Hoxne Hoard is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth century found anywhere within the Roman Empire. Found by a metal detectorist in the village of Hoxne in Suffolk, England, on 16 November...
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Jezreel Valley
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Rare Stone Age well exposed in the Jezreel Valley A rare well dating to the Neolithic period was uncovered in recent excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority carried out at 'Enot Nisanit', along the western fringes of the Jezreel Valley prior to enlarging Ha-Yogev Junction (Highway 66) by the...
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St Brice's Day massacre
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Holland Tunnel
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The Holland Tunnel is a highway tunnel under the Hudson River connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey City, New Jersey at Interstate 78 on the mainland. Opened: November 13, 1927 Read more
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Archeox
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Archaeologists reveal findings as excavation comes to close Medieval objects including a 4,000 year old Bronze Age arrowhead have been uncovered in East Oxford after five weeks of digging and research by archaeologists, local volunteers and university staff. Archeox (the Archaeology of East O...
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The Battle of the Somme
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Rocketdyne
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SpaceX claims its first victims as Rocketdyne lays off 100 The money that NASA is spending on SpaceX and others who are offering lower-cost private missions is money it won't be spending on Rocketdyne, which was sold in July by parent company United Technologies to GenCorp for $550 million. So Pratt...
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