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0topics0postsBloody Thursday and the 1934 San Francisco General Strike
Former maritime union headquarters at Mission and Steuart Streets · United States · 5 July 1934
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Internet culture & public spectacle
0topics0postsDashCon and the Ball Pit That Became the Story
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel · United States · 11–13 July 2014
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Internet culture & public spectacle
0topics0postsFyre Festival: The Luxury Pitch and the Empty Site
Festival site near Rokers Point, Great Exuma · The Bahamas · 27–28 April 2017
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Internet culture & public spectacle
0topics0postsStorm Area 51: When the Joke Reached Rachel
Rachel and the approaches to the Nevada Test and Training Range · United States · 19–22 September 2019
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Natural disasters
0topics0postsThe 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fires
San Francisco and the San Andreas Fault rupture zone · United States · 18–21 April 1906
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Historic crimes & investigations
0topics0postsThe 1910 Los Angeles Times Bombing
Former Los Angeles Times Building at First Street and Broadway · United States · 1 October 1910
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Natural disasters
0topics0postsThe 1933 Long Beach Earthquake
Offshore Newport–Inglewood Fault epicenter south of Huntington Beach · United States · 10 March 1933
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Political unrest
0topics0postsThe 1943 Zoot Suit Riots
Downtown Los Angeles theater district, represented at Pershing Square · United States · 3–8 June 1943
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Natural disasters
0topics0postsThe 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami
Prince William Sound rupture zone and south-central Alaska · United States · 27 March 1964
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Political unrest
0topics0postsThe 1965 Watts Uprising
Arrest site at Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street · United States · 11–17 August 1965
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Fires
0topics0postsThe 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm
Fire origin slope above 7151 Buckingham Boulevard · United States · 19–23 October 1991
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Political unrest
0topics0postsThe 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
Florence and Normandie flashpoint within a citywide uprising · United States · 29 April–4 May 1992
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Natural disasters
0topics0postsThe 1994 Northridge Earthquake
USGS epicenter beneath the San Fernando Valley · United States · 17 January 1994
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Transportation & maritime
0topics0postsThe 2008 Chatsworth Train Collision
Ventura Subdivision milepost 444.123 near tunnel 28 · United States · 12 September 2008
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Natural disasters
0topics0postsThe 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Pacific coast of Tōhoku, northeastern Honshu · Japan · 11 March 2011
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Engineering failures
0topics0postsThe 2012 Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire
No. 4 Crude Unit, Chevron Richmond Refinery · United States · 6 August 2012
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Historic crimes & investigations
0topics0postsThe Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk
San Francisco City Hall · United States · 27 November 1978
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Epidemics & public health
0topics0postsThe Broad Street Cholera Investigation
The former Broad Street pump, now Broadwick Street, Soho · United Kingdom · August–September 1854
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Engineering failures
0topics0postsThe Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 4 · Ukraine · 26 April 1986
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Engineering failures
0topics0postsThe Cypress Street Viaduct Collapse
Cypress Street Viaduct collapse zone and memorial park · United States · 17 October 1989
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Epidemics & public health
0topics0postsThe First San Francisco Plague Epidemic and Chinatown Quarantine
San Francisco Chinatown, represented at Portsmouth Square · United States · 6 March 1900–11 December 1902
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Internet culture & public spectacle
0topics0postsThe Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Conference
Four Seasons Total Landscaping, 7347 State Road · United States · 7 November 2020
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Engineering failures
0topics0postsThe Great Boston Molasses Flood
Former Purity Distilling tank site on Commercial Street · United States · 15 January 1919
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Fires
0topics0postsThe Great Fire of London
Pudding Lane and the medieval City of London · United Kingdom · 2–6 September 1666
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