** A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, the Netherlands, kills 23.

** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.

** Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 8, 000 people outright and injures over half a million ( with more later dying from their injuries the death toll is now 23, 000 +) in the worst industrial disaster in history.

** An earthquake hits San Juan, Argentina, killing an estimated 10, 000 people in the worst natural disaster in Argentina's history.

** Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds amongst the injured

** The devastating Marcopper mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place.

** 1996 Everest disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving 8 dead.

** A triple-train disaster in Yokohama, Japan kills 161.

** Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all on board ( the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history ).

** New York air disaster: a United Airlines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City.

** The Bijlmerramp disaster: An Israeli plane crashes in Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; 43 are killed, many more injured.

** Staines air disaster: 118 die when a Trident 1 jet airliner crashes 2 minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.

** The Aberfan disaster occurs in South Wales, United Kingdom.

** A coal mining disaster in Ny-Ålesund kills 21 people.

** 1970 Bhola cyclone: A 120-mph ( 193 km / h ) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh ), killing an estimated 500, 000 people ( considered the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster ).

** Ibrox disaster: A stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic football match in Glasgow, Scotland kills 66.

** Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.

** Sandoz chemical spill: a major environmental disaster near Basel, Switzerland, pollutes the Rhine.

** A hurricane and huge waves kill about 2, 500 in Santa Cruz del Sur in the worst natural disaster in Cuban history.

** American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.

** The Hillsborough disaster, one of the biggest tragedies in European football, claims the life of 96 Liverpool supporters.

** Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 645 as 2 trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

** A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at an air show in Ukraine, killing 77 and injuring more than 100, making it the worst air show disaster in history ( see Sknyliv airshow disaster ).

** During the First World War, Germany also had this submarine with a similar name:

** During the First World War, Germany also had these submarines with similar names:

** West Ice accidents: During a severe storm in the West Ice, east of Greenland, 78 seal hunters on 5 Norwegian seal hunting vessels perish without a trace.

** Milltown Cemetery Attack: During the funeral of three Provisional IRA members in Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) member Michael Stone attacked the crowd with grenades and pistols, killing three and wounding over sixty.

** Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace ( the former Imperial residence ) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.

** During his visit to the Polish capital, German Chancellor Willy Brandt goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto.

** During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US $ 200, 000 in ransom money, and is never seen again ( as of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history ).

** Prog 2000 nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite Cover Published During 1999

** During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, probably the most severe of the pre-1600 seasons, at least eight intense hurricanes occur.

** During the First World War, Germany also had these submarines with similar names:

** During designated overs of an innings ( see Powerplay ( cricket )), there may be no more than two fielders standing outside an oval line marked on the field, being semicircles centred on the middle stump of each wicket of radius 30 yards, joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch.

** During the First World War, Germany also had these submarines with similar names:

** During the First World War, Germany also had this submarine with a similar name:

** During the beginning of Porky in Wackyland, a newspaper man arrives behind the title card, yelling " Extra!

** During the 2005 season the tribes were initially divided up by age into " Old " and " Young ", with the old contestants being forty and older and the young contestants being under the age of thirty.

** During the pre-merge portion of the 2006 season two former contestants returned to the game to lead the tribes.

** During the 2009 season the two tribes were initially composed of only women while a smaller tribe of men were hidden on a secluded beach.

** During season 3 ( Bocas del Toro ), the oldest man and woman had the possibility to compose their respective tribes, as long as the gender parity was respected.

** During season 4 ( Panama ), the two tribes were divided by gender.

** During season 5 ( Pacific ) and season 6 ( Vanuatu ), the tribes were divided by age: older or younger than 31 years old.

** During season 7 ( Palawan ) and season 8 ( Caramoan ), there was a challenge before the tribes were composed: the best man and woman got the privilege to compose their tribes, while the last man and woman were directly eliminated.

** During the second All-Stars season, seven previous contestants were part of a tribe, while the other tribe was composed by famous French sportsmen.

** During the 2005 season the contestants were divided up into tribes based on where they were from within Denmark.

** During the 2006 season all of the contestants were well known Danish athletes.