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On This Day…..
Texas City Disaster…… April 16, 1947……. The French ship SS Grandcamp, loaded with 2,200 tons ammonium nitrate, catches fire and explodes in a Texas City, Texas port, leading to a chain of fires and explosions, including a chemical plant, killing over 500 people and virtually destroying the town. All but one member of the 28-man Texas…
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Sinking of the Titanic….. April 15, 1912…… At 2:20 a.m. the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic sinks killing 1,517 of the 2,238 people aboard. The Titanic had struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic shortly before midnight while on her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City.
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Black Sunday Dust Storm…… April 14, 1935……. One of the worst dust storms ever in the U.S. It was the most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms in the 1930s that greatly damaged the agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies. It was brought…
This Weekend In History…..
Apollo 13 Launched…… April 11, 1970……. Two days later an oxygen tank exploded, leading to famous expression, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here“. The mission to land on the Moon was aborted. The crew was able to overcome limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the need to make makeshift repairs…