128 sourced Articles, covering events from 1692 to 2021.
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11–13 July 2014
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, United States
DashCon was an independently organized convention aimed at Tumblr fandom communities. Payment disputes, canceled appearances, an emergency appeal for attendee money, and frustrated guests overtook the program. …
22 July 2017
Grant Park Pokémon GO Fest site, United States
On 22 July 2017, about 20,000 ticket holders came to Chicago's Grant Park for the first Pokémon GO Fest. Cellular networks and the game's servers could not …
11–12 August 2017
Emancipation Park and Fourth Street attack corridor, United States
On 11–12 August 2017, white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and other far-right groups gathered in Charlottesville for Unite the Right, ostensibly opposing removal of a Confederate statue. Torch-bearing …
13 January 2018
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency warning area, United States
At 8:07 a.m. on 13 January 2018, phones and broadcasters across Hawaii carried an emergency alert stating that a ballistic missile was inbound and 'THIS IS NOT …
8–25 November 2018
Paradise Camp Fire destruction and evacuation area, United States
On 8 November 2018, electrical equipment on a Pacific Gas and Electric transmission line ignited vegetation near Pulga, California. Wind drove the Camp Fire through the Feather …
19–22 September 2019
Rachel and the approaches to the Nevada Test and Training Range, United States
A satirical Facebook event inviting people to ‘storm’ Area 51 drew millions of online responses and forced officials in rural Lincoln County to plan for an unknowable …
7 November 2020
Four Seasons Total Landscaping, 7347 State Road, United States
Attorneys and supporters of President Donald Trump held a post-election press conference in the back lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping in northeast Philadelphia. Earlier announcements using …
13–19 February 2021
ERCOT control region and statewide outage area, United States
During Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, extreme cold disabled power plants, natural-gas production, fuel delivery, and instruments across Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas ordered …