Biographies

Ian McCaskill

Ian McCaskill Biography John Robertson McCaskill, better known as Ian was born on 28 July 1938 in Glasgow, Scotland where…

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Disasters

The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

On 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania was struck by a German U-boat torpedo off the coast of Ireland, leading…

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The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse

On the evening of 17 July 1981, a tragic structural failure at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri,…

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The Costa Concordia Wreck

On the evening of 13 January 2012, the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia set sail on what should have been…

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The Great Kantō Earthquake

On 1 September 1923, Japan experienced one of the most devastating natural disasters in its history. The Great Kantō Earthquake…

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The Looting of the National Museum of Iraq

The looting of the National Museum of Iraq in April 2003 stands as one of the most tragic cultural losses…

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The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

On 26 December 2004, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history struck the coasts of several countries bordering…

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The 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption

On 18 May 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in what became the most catastrophic volcanic event in the history of…

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The Peshtigo Fire

On the night of 8 October 1871, a devastating inferno consumed the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, in what remains the…

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The 2009 Air France Flight 447 Crash

On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203, vanished over the Atlantic Ocean while en route from…

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