Sichuan Quake Strikes May 12 2008 Rips Central China
A massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan province on May 12 2008. Debris fills Dujiangyan cities as buildings collapse and thousands die or go missing including many students buried in schools. Ammonia release from a chemical plant adds to the disaster.
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Sichuan
Xinhua
Dujiangyan
Beijing
Thailand
Vietnam
Chengdu
U.S. Geological Survey
Notable historical events on May 11 through the years
A brief AP look at key world events on May 11 across history. Highlights include the Pullman Strike beginning in 1894 with 3000 workers, the 1985 Bradford fire tragedy, the 1987 first heart lung transplant, and other milestones such as Jamestown 1607, Lewis and Clark 1804, and Sinatra’s 1998 death.
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Valley Parade
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Baltimore
Virginia Company of London
Jamestown
Virginia
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase
Netherlands
Nazi Germany
Israel
Tel Aviv
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
the Voice
On This Day Through History May 15 Highlights
A timeline of events across years includes the first U S airmail service in 1918, Nixon naming first female generals in 1970, Wallace's 1972 shooting, Soviet pullout from Afghanistan in 1988, Yolanda King and Jerry Falwell die in 2007, Johnson acquitted in 1868, first Academy Awards in 1929, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising end in 1943, Beach Boys and Dylan releases in 1966, Mobutu leaves power in 1997, Buttonwood Agreement forming the NYSE in 1792, Brown v Board in 1954, Watergate hearings in 1973, Tiananmen crowd scene in 1989, and Massachusetts legalizing same sex marriage in 2004.
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Richard Nixon
Anna Mae Hays
Elizabeth P. Hoisington
Alabama
George Wallace
Maryland
Afghanistan
Martin Luther King
Yolanda Denise King
Santa Monica
California
Jerry Falwell
Andrew Johnson
Senate
Warsaw
Bob Dylan
Pet Sounds
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
Buttonwood
New York Stock Exchange
Supreme Court
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St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
Pope John Paul II
Ladislaw Osziwisz
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