On this date 3 survivors finally emerged from an avalanche after 37 days. It's one of the longest cases on record of anyone surviving after being buried alive in the snow.
All in Disasters
A bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashes, scattering radioactive debris across miles of sea ice.
The accident dropped 4 hydrogen bombs on a small fishing village.
The only known fatal accident involving a nuclear reactor in America happened on this day.
92 of 159 passengers would die when a wrought-iron bridge collapsed and the Pacific Express fell 70 feet into the frozen Ashtabula River.
It was on this day in Los Angeles that the Baldwin Hills Reservoir crumbled apart and released 250,000,000 gallons of water into the surrounding neighborhoods.
The federal government would spend $32 million to relocate the citizens, plus another $110 million on the subsequent cleanup.
In 1907 two massive sections of the bridge snapped off and plunged over 300 feet into the Saint Lawrence River.
A B-25 bomber on a routine transport mission slammed into the Empire State Building.
114 people were killed and over 200 were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.