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disputed. Kyshtym disaster. 1957, September 29. An improperly stored underground tank of high-level radioactive waste exploded. Death count unknown, estimates range from 50 to more than 9,000. 78. Chernobyl disaster. 1986, April 26. At least 78 are believed to have been directly killed by the disaster (31 due to the explosion, 28 due to ...
List of accidents and disasters by death toll. List of elevator accidents. List of aircraft accidents and incidents by number of ground fatalities. List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents. List of airship accidents. List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll. List of the deadliest tropical cyclones. List of avalanches by death toll.
Casement converted to Catholicism before his execution and stated he intended to go "to my death with the body of my God as my last meal." [11] Ruth Ellis: Murder: UK: 1955: Hanging: Scrambled egg. [12] Véronique Frantz: Serial murder: France: 1854: Decapitation by guillotine: Café au lait and a bread roll. [13] Fritz Haarmann: Serial murder ...
The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [ nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [ 29] An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict ...
The game's main playable character, Boyfriend. Friday Night Funkin' is a rhythm game in which the player controls a character called Boyfriend, who must defeat a series of opponents in order to continue dating his significant other, Girlfriend. The player must pass multiple levels, referred to as "Weeks" in-game, containing three songs each.
Samnite Wars. 33,500+. 343 BC–290 BC. Roman Republic vs. Samnites. Italy. Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. Wars of Alexander the Great. 142,000+. 336 BC–323 BC.
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [ 9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [ 8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
List of disasters in Croatia by death toll. List of disasters in Estonia by death toll. List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll. List of disasters in Japan by death toll. List of disasters in Malta by death toll. List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll. List of disasters in Poland by death toll.