Among bar, nightclub and music venue fires of recent decades, these were some of the deadliest

November, 1942: The deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history killed 492 people at Boston’s Cocoanut Grove club. The fire at ...
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German Spies Detonated 2 Million Pounds of Explosives in New York Harbor in 1916: The Statue of Liberty's Torch Has Been Closed Ever Since

Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New ...

Custodians of history

Inside a three-storey vault housing the company’s records and treasures, conservationists prepare to help care for the oldest ...

Fire in Old Port of Portland, Maine, damages its historic waterfront and sinks at least 1 boat

A fire tore through the historic Old Port waterfront in Portland, Maine, on Friday night, damaging aging buildings and ...
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The USS Panay Incident: Japanese Planes Attacked an American Ship, Killing U.S. Sailors and Civilians Four Years Before Pearl Harbor

Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and ...
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Japan Just Installed a Massive Laser Weapon on Its Naval Test Ship

In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

Taiwan’s president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island’s sovereignty in the face of China’s ...