Category: Tragedies

  • First Salem ‘Witch’ Hanged

    First Salem ‘Witch’ Hanged

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    Morgan O’Brien

    June 10, 1692, the first ‘witch’ was hanged in Salem.

  • Hindenburg Disaster

    Hindenburg Disaster

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    Morgan O’Brien

    May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg disaster.

  • Kent State University Shooting

    Kent State University Shooting

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    Morgan O’Brien

    May 4, 1970, Kent State University shooting.

  • Titanic Sank

    Titanic Sank

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    Morgan O’Brien

    April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank.

  • Jeffery Dahmer, Sentenced

    Jeffery Dahmer, Sentenced

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    Morgan O’Brien

    February 17, 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to fifteen terms of life imprisonment.

  • St. Valentines Day Massacre

    St. Valentines Day Massacre

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    Morgan O’Brien

    February 14, 1929, the Saint Valentines Day massacre.

  • Tiananmen Square Protest Crushed

    Tiananmen Square Protest Crushed

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    Morgan O’Brien

    June 3, 1989, the pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, was brutally crushed.

  • Bonnie and Clyde Killed

    Bonnie and Clyde Killed

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    Morgan O’Brien

    May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in a police shoot-out.

  • Chornobyl Explosion

    Chornobyl Explosion

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    Morgan O’Brien

    April 26, 1986, the Chornobyl nuclear power plant exploded.