In 1871, 125 lives were lost when one of the Staten Island ferries exploded.
All in Death
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.
Extremely superstitious, Arnold Schoenberg dreaded the number 13...and as he feared, he died Friday the 13th in his 67th year.
In 1983, a 100-foot section of the Mianus River Bridge collapsed and 4 vehicles plunged into the shallow water below.
It was an excellent swimmer, but rather clumsy on land, which made it easy prey for eagles, polar bears and humans.
Jean-Baptiste Lully, the Italian composer whose fast-tempoed music livened up the court of France's Louis XIV, died on this day after a 3-month battle with an infection that started with a smashed toe.
It was on this day that an Austrian tailor/inventor fell to his death from the Eiffel Tower.