A nightclub fire in Port Chester, New York claimed 24 lives.
All in Disasters
In 1983, a 100-foot section of the Mianus River Bridge collapsed and 4 vehicles plunged into the shallow water below.
Over 200 schools were destroyed in the disaster and it was clear that had the quake struck during school hours the death toll would have been significantly higher.
100 people died on this night in one of the worst nightclub fires in U.S. history.
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.