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.
He dreaded the number 13...and as he feared, he died on Friday the 13th.
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.