A ferocious winter storm swept across Ireland and caused hundreds of deaths and massive destruction.
All in Disasters
Meltdown of SL-1
The only known fatal accident involving a nuclear reactor in America happened on this day.
The Ashtabula Horror
92 of 159 passengers would die when a wrought-iron bridge collapsed and the Pacific Express fell 70 feet into the frozen Ashtabula River.
The Hammond Wreck
An engineer on a troop transport train fell asleep and rammed his engine through a circus train that had stopped on the tracks.
Exxon Valdez
Estimates are that as many 250,000 sea birds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 bald eagles and billions of salmon eggs were killed.
The Station Nightclub Fire
100 people died on this night in one of the worst nightclub fires in U.S. history.