Here’s some background information about major rail accidents since 1900. Notable International Rail Accidents January 1915 – Guadalajara, Mexico: More than 600 people die when a train derails into a ...
Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — ...
Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the ...
I was recently given several books dealing with religion, and, instead of looking at questions of church union in current times, I turned first to Buddhism in the 19th century. Called Locations of ...
A quiet California fishing town thought it understood tsunamis. Crescent City had seen warnings before, and most waves caused little more than damage along the harbor. In March 1964, after a powerful ...
60 Minutes visited the Japanese island of Otsuchi, which lost 10% of its population from the 2011 tsunami ...
Attempting to bask in the glory of the past serves no purpose, some may argue supporting the contention of modern educationists who are advocating against the compulsory teaching of history to our ...
Trips to Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings, bargain book sales We were in the beginning of the year 2005 and the next Presidential election was coming ever closer. CBK had taken Chief Justice ...
On this day in 2011, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — a catastrophic event that unleashed a deadly tsunami, upended millions of ...