Today was the day that Yugoslavian ski jumper, Vinko Bogataj, wiped out in spectacular fashion during a competition in Oberstdorf, West Germany.
All in Accidents
It would flow out of control for 18 months. Over 9 million barrels of crude oil were spilled before the well could finally be contained. At its peak, the spill formed a 60-acre lake of oil.
It was on this day that an Austrian tailor/inventor fell to his death from the Eiffel Tower.
This was the first and only incident in which a superpower activated its nuclear suitcase.
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.
At about 2 in the morning the bow of the sub plowed into a wall of rock and mud.
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.