1998US Military Pilot Severes Cable Car Cable, Resulting in Deaths near Trento

February 3: A United States military pilot causes the deaths...
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🌾 Famine in Rome

Famine in Rome (-440)
Ancient romeFamineFood ShortageSocial UnrestAgricultureEconomic CrisisDisaster4th Century BC
ItalyItaly

💥 Fidenae Amphitheatre Collapse

A poorly built amphitheatre in Fidenae collapses, killing 20,000 of the 50,000 spectators.
Fidenae Amphitheatre Collapse (27)
Ancient romeRoman EmpireDisasterBuilding CollapsePublic SafetyConstruction
ItalyItaly

💥 Campanian Earthquake Damages Pompeii and Other Cities

A great earthquake damages cities in Campania, including Pompeii (February 5).
Campanian Earthquake Damages Pompeii and Other Cities (62)
Ancient romeRoman EmpireEarthquakePompeiiNatural DisasterCampaniaDisaster
ItalyItaly

💥 Friuli Earthquake and Fears of Apocalypse

The 6.9-magnitude 1348 Friuli earthquake centered in Northern Italy was felt across Europe. Contemporaries linked the quake with the Black Death and Great Famine, fueling fears that the Biblical Apocalypse had arrived.
Friuli Earthquake and Fears of Apocalypse (1348)
EarthquakeNatural DisasterReligious BeliefsMiddle Ages
ItalyItaly

💥 Messina Earthquake Devastates Southern Italy

December 28: The 1908 Messina earthquake in southern Italy, magnitude 7.1, kills 70,000 people.
Messina Earthquake Devastates Southern Italy (1908)
EarthquakeNatural DisasterDisaster ReliefSeismologyCasualties
ItalyItaly

🚠 US Military Pilot Severes Cable Car Cable, Resulting in Deaths near Trento

February 3: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car.
US Military Pilot Severes Cable Car Cable, Resulting in Deaths near Trento (1998)
US Military
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