Disasters with highest death tolls - 365 Crete Earthquake
Time: Saturday Jul 21, 356
Place: Crete, Greece
Details: The 365 Crete earthquake occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 in the Eastern Mediterranean, with an assumed epicentre near Crete. Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a magnitude 8.0 or higher. The Crete earthquake was followed by a tsunami which devastated the southern and eastern coasts of the Mediterranean, particularly Libya, Alexandria and the Nile Delta, killing thousands and hurling ships 3 km (1.9 mi) inland.
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Sunday Jul 21, 1776 - Salzburg, Austria
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Abraham Lincoln-First Battle of Bull Run
Sunday Jul 21, 1861 - Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.
Unification of Italy-Battle of Bezzecca
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Sunday Jul 21, 1907 - Greenland
Red Summer-Norfolk riot
Monday Jul 21, 1919 - Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Irish War of Independence-Loyalists marched on the Harland and Wolff shipyards
Wednesday Jul 21, 1920 - Belfast, Northern Ireland
Spanish Civil War-Nationalists captured the central Spanish naval base
Tuesday Jul 21, 1936 - Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was introduced to the House of Lords
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Robin Williams-Birth
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First Indochina War-The International Geneva Conference
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Neil Armstrong-The First Moon walk
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Pelé-1970 World Cup
Tuesday Jul 21, 1970 - Aztec Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico
Bosnian War-Military Cooperation
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World Trade Organization-Geneva Negotiations 2008
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Roman Republic-Consul Gaius Marcius Rutilus first plebeian
356 BC - Roman Republic (Present-Day Rome, Italy)
Ancient China-Canon of Laws
356 BC - Qin (Present-Day Yanliang District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)