462 Significant Human Tragedies
in reverse chronological order

= Terrorism
= War & War Crimes (including torture & Geneva Convention violations)
= Inhumanity & Genocide (including the Holocaust)
= Safety or Public Health Violation (including improper maintenance)
= Design Error (including substandard constructon)
= Natural Disaster (pandemics, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.)
= Attrocity or Unwarrented Violence (including murder & serial killing)
= Mass Suicide
= Blank (not yet categorized)
= Gun violence in USA (not including shootings by police)
= Violence involving Native Americans
= Violence involving Muslims
     = Excessive force by police
= Airplane vulnerability

On April 5, 1986 three people were killed and around 230 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in West Berlin.

Human Tragedy	Deaths	Place	Date	Cause	Principal Memorial (Some are unintentional.)
2015 (40 tragedies)
Boko Haram attack	52	Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria	2015 Dec 28	Boko Haram
Shooting of Q.LeGrier & Bettie Jones	2	Chicago, Illinois, USA	2015 Dec 26	Chicago police
Shenzhen landslide	c.75	Shenzhen, China	2015 Dec 20	Faulty disposal of debris
Random murders	87+	Usumbura, Burundi	2015 Dec 11	?
Koulfoua massacre	>30	Koulfoua Island, Lake Chad, Chad	2015 Dec 5	Boko Haram
Shooting of Mario Woods	1	San Francisco, California, USA	2015 Dec 2	5 San Francisco policemen?
Holiday party shootings	14 +2	San Bernadino, California, USA	2015 Dec 2	Syed Farook+Tashfeen Malik	Inland Regional Center (unintentional monument)
Planned Parenthood shootings	3	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	2015 Nov 27	Robert Lewis Dear	Planned Parenthood Clinic (unintentional monument)
Boko Haram attack	22 +1	Between Kano & Zaria, Nigeria	2015 Nov 26	Boko Haram
Village attack	15	Village of Gogone, Diffa, Niger	2015 Nov 26	Boko Haram
Military bus attack	13 +2	Tunis, Tunisia	2015 Nov 24	Terrorists
Landslide at jade mine	>100	Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar	2015 Nov 21	Minimal safety measures
Bamako hotel attack	22 +3?	Radisson Blu Hotel, Bamako, Mali	2015 Nov 20	Al-Mourabitoun (&AQIM?)	Radisson Blu Hotel (unintentional monument)
Boko Haram attack	32+	Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria	2015 Nov 17	Boko Haram
Shooting of Jamar ONeal Clark	1	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	2015 Nov 15	Police
ISIS attacks	130 +7	Bataclan Theatre etc, Paris, France	2015 Nov 13	Islamic State	Bataclan Theatre (unintentional monument)
ISIS bombings	43 +2	Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, Lebanon	2015 Nov 12	Islamic State
Metrojet Flight 9268	224	Sinai Peninsula, Egypt	2015 Oct 31	Islamic State
Hindu Kush Earthquake	398	Afghanistan & Pakistan	2015 Oct 26	Nature
Ankara bombings	102 +2	Central RR Sta, Ankara, Turkey	2015 Oct 10	Islamic State?
Doctors Without Borders airstrike	42	Hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan	2015 Oct 3	US Air Force	Bombed out hospital (unintentional monument)
Umpqua ComCollege shooting	10	Roseburg, Oregon, USA	2015 Oct 1	Christopher Harper-Mercer
Mina Stampede during Hajj	c.2,420	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia	2015 Sep 24	Panic & bad public safety
Lafayette theater shooting	2 +1	Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	2015 Jul 23	John Russell Houser	Grand 16 Movie Theater (unintentional monument)
Suruc bombing	33	Sanliurfa Province, Turkey	2015 Jul 20	Islamic State?
Marine Corps shootings	6	Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA	2015 July 16	Muhammad Y. Abdulazeez
"Suicide" of Sandra Bland	1	Waller County, Texas, USA	2015 July 13	State &/or county police
Suicide bombings	53 +3	N'Djamena, Chad	2015 Jun-Jul	Boko Haram
Sousse attacks	40	Hotel near Sousse, Tunisia	2015 Jun 26	Terrorists
AME Church shooting	9	Charleston, South Carolina, USA	2015 June 17	Dylann Roof	Confederate flag removal at SC State House
Waco Shootout	9	Twin Peaks Rest., Waco, TX, USA	2015 May 17	Motorcycle gangs	Twin Peaks Restaurant (unintentional monument)
Nepal Earthquake	8,964	Kathmandu, Nepal	2015 Apr 25	Nature
Death of Freddy Gray	1	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	2015 Apr 19	Baltimore Police
Migrant Shipwrecks	>1,200	Mediterranean Sea	2015 Apr 13-20	Migrant Smugglers
Garissa Univ College attack	147	Garissa, Kenya	2015 Apr 2	Al-Shabaab
Germanwings Flight 9525	150	French Alps	2015 Mar 24	Andreas Lubitz's suicide
Bardo National Museum attack	22	Tunis, Tunisia	2015 Mar 18	Terrorists	Bardo National Museum (unintentional monument)
TransAsia Airways Flight 235	43	Taipei, Taiwan	2015 Feb 4	Human error?
Charlie Hebdo Shooting	12	Paris, France	2015 Jan 7	Muslim Terrorists	"Je suis Charlie."
Baga massacre	150-2,000	Baga, Borno State, Nigeria	2015 Jan 3	Boko Haram
2014 (16 tragedies)
AirAsia Flight 8501	162	Java Sea near Borneo	2014 Dec 28	Computer malfunction
Shooting of Police Ofcrs	2	Brooklyn, NY City, NY, USA	2014 Dec 20	Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley
Attack on Army School	148	Peshawar, Pakistan	2014 Dec 16	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Sydney Hostage Crisis	3	Lindt Chocolate Cafe, Sydney	2014 Dec 15	Man Haron Monis	Lindt Chocolate Cafe (unintentional monument)
Shooting of Tamir Rice (age 12)	1	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	2014 Nov 22	Cleveland Police	Memorial on picnic table, Cudell Recreation Center
Shooting of Laquan McDonald	1	Chicago, Illinois, USA	2014 Oct 20	Police Ofcr Jason VanDyke
Shooting of Michael Brown (age 18)	1	Ferguson, Missouri, USA	2014 Aug 9	Police Ofcr Darren Wilson
ISIS Beheadings	100+	Syria	2014 Jul-2015	Islamic State
Choaking of Eric Garner	1	Staten Island, NY City, NY	2014 Jul 17	Police Ofcr Daniel Pantaleo
Malaysia Airways Flight 17	298	Hrabove, Donetsk, Ukraine	2014 Jul 17	Pro-Russian militants?
Gaza War	c2,200	Gaza Strip, Palestine	2014 Jul-Aug	Israel & Hamas	Rocket debris sculpture in Sderot, Israel
Isla Vista shootings	6 +1	Isla Vista, California, USA	2014 May 23	Elliot Rodger
Sinking of the MV "Sewol"	304	En route to Jeju, South Korea	2014 Apr 16	Captain Lee Jun-seok	Memorial wall near Danwon HS, Ansan City
Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping	None	Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria	2014 Apr 14-5	Boko Haram	Govt. Secondary School (unintentional monument)
Oso Mudslide	43	Oso, Washington, USA	2014 Mar 22	Nature	Memorial mailed to tree by rescue workers
Malaysia Airways Flight 370	239	Indian Ocean	2014 Mar 8	Pilot or co-pilot?
2013 (13 tragedies)
Ebola Epidemic	3,000+++	West Africa	2013 Dec-2014	Nature	None so far
Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda	10,000+	Phillipines	2013 Nov 6-8	Nature
Lampedusa Boat Disaster	274+	Lampedusa Island, Italy	2013 Oct 3	Captain Khaled Bensalam?
Westgate Shopping Mall	72+	Nairobi, Kenya	2013 Sep 21-24	Al-Shabaab	Damaged mall (unintentional monument)
Navy Yard Shooting	13	Washington, DC, USA	2013 Sep 16	Aaron Alexis
Chemical Weapons Attack	1,429	Ghouta, Damascus, Syria	2013 Aug 21	Syrian Army?
Anti-Islamist Crackdown	1,000+	Cairo, Egypt	2013 Aug 14+	Egyptian Army
Lac-Mégantic Derailment	47	Lac-Mégantic, QC, Canada	2013 July 6	Montréal,ME &Atlantic RR
Yarnell Hill Forest Fire	19	Near Yarnell, Arizona, USA	2013 Jun 30	Forest Fire	Prescott Fire Department, Prescott, Arizona
Moore Tornado	24	Moore, Oklahoma, USA	2013 May 20	Nature
Rana Plaza Collapse	1,127	Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh	2013 Apr 24	Safety Negligence
Boston Marathon Bombs	5	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	2013 Apr 15	Tsarnaev Brothers	Spontaneous memorial, Copley Square, Boston, MA
In Amenas hostage crisis	69	Tigantourine, In Amenas, Algeria	2013 Jan 16-19	Al-Mourabitoun
2012 (8 tragedies)
Sandy Hook Shooting	28	Newtown, Connecticut, USA	2012 Dec 14	Adam Lanza	Makeshift memorial, Berkshire Road in Sandy Hook
Shooting of Jordan Davis	1	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	2012 Nov 23	Michael Dunn	"3-1/2 minutes, 10 bullets" (2015 documentary)
Super Storm Sandy	285	NJ, NY, 6 other countries	2012 Oct 22-31	Nature
US Consulate Attack 9/11	14	Benghazi, Libya	2012 Sep 11	Terrorists	Grave of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Grass Valley, CA
Sihk Temple Shooting	6 +1	Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA	2012 Aug 5	Michael Page
Aurora movie Shooting	12	Aurora, Colorado, USA	2012 July 20	James Holmes	Century 16 Theater, Aurora, CO (unintentional)
Shooting of Trayvon Martin	1	Sanford, Florida, USA	2012 Feb 26	George Zimmerman
"Costa Concordia" Sinking	33	Isola del Giglio, Italy	2012 Jan 13	Capt. Francesco Schettino	?
2011 (9 tragedies)
SSKM Hospital fire	94	Kolkata, India	2011 Dec 9	Ineptitude & poor equip
Utøya Island Massacre	77	Utøya Island & Oslo, Norway	2011 Jul 22	Anders Behring Breivik	AUF Camp, Utøya Island, Norway
Killing of Osama bin Laden	5	Compound, Abbottabad, Pakistan	2011 May 2	US Navy Seals
2nd San Fernando massacre	193	San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico	2011 4/6-6/7	Los Zetas drug cartel
Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami	27,786	Sendai, Japan	2011 Mar 14	Nature	Kobe "Light of Hope"
Itamar Massacre	5	Itamar Settlement, West Bank	2011 Mar 11	Two Palestinians	?
Christchurch Earthquake	181	Christchurch, New Zealand	2011 Feb 22	Nature	Christchurch Cathedral (unintentional monument)
Domodedovo Airport bomb	35	Intl Airport, Moscow, Russia	2011 Jan 24	Suicide bomber
Gabrielle Giffords shooting	6	Tucson, Arizona, USA	2011 Jan 8	Jared Lee Loughner	Safeway Supermarket, Casas Adobes, Arizona
2010 (10 tragedies)
San Bruno Pipeline explosion	8	San Francisco, California USA	2010 Sep 9	Defective welds
1st San Fernando massacre	72	San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico	2010 Aug 24	Los Zetas drug cartel	"Roses can be sent to a 'virtual altar' online."
Copiapó mining accident	None	Mina S.Jose, Copiapó, Chile	2010 Aug 5	?	Fénix 2 capsule & Camp Hope
"Mavi Marmara" Attack	9	Mediterranean Sea near Gaza	2010 May 31	Israel	"Mavi Marmara" in Turkey
Times Squre bombing attempt	None	Times Square, NY City, NY, USA	2010 May 1	Faisal Shahzad
Deepwater Horizon	11	Gulf of Mexico, USA	2010 Apr 20	Company shortcuts	Underwater wreak (unintentional monument)
"2nd Katyn Massacre"	96	Smolensk, Russia	2010 Apr 10	Fog. Also pilot error?	Burials in Poland
Upper Big Branch Mine	29	Montcoal, West Virginia, USA	2010 Apr 5	Coal mine explosion	Football team uniforms
Cauquenes Earthquake 8.8	800	Concepción, Chile	2010 Feb 27	Nature
Haiti Earthquake 7.0	230,000+	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	2010 Jan 12	Nature+Bad Buildings	"temporary" refugee tent camps
2009 (5 tragedies)
Underwear Bomber	None	NW flt 253 (Amsterdam-Detroit)	2009 Dec 25	Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Fort Hood Shooting	13	Fort Hood, Texas, USA	2009 Nov 5	Major Nidal Malik Hasan	Memorial by Troy Kelley (donations being sought)
Protest Massacre	157	Conakry, Guinea	2009 Sep 29	Guinean Army	Peaceful transition of power
Air France flight 447	228	Atlantic Ocean	2009 Jun 1	Aerodynamic stall	"Air France 447: Vanished" (2013 TV documentary)
Swine Flu (H1N1)	100+	Mexico+World	2009 Apr	Nature	?
2008 (3 tragedies)
Mumbai terrorist attack	165	Mumbai, India	2008 Nov 26	Lashkar-e-Taiba	26/11 tablet in lobby of long distance trains section
UU Church shooting	2	TVUUC, Knoxville, USA	2008 Jul 27	Jim David Adkisson	McKendry Fellowship Hall, TVUUC, Knoxville, TN
Great Sichuan Earthquake	69,000+	Sichuan, China	2008 May 12	Nature+Bad Buildings	Beichuan National Earthquake Ruins Museum
2007 (2 tragedies)
I-35W Bridge Collapse	13	St. Paul, Minnesota, USA	2007 Aug 1	Bridge failure	Bridge Memorial Wall, St. Paul, MN
Virginia Tech Massacre	33	Blacksburg, Virginia, USA	2007 Apr 16	Seung-Hui Cho	Hokie Stone Semicircle, Blacksburg, VA
2006 (1 tragedy)
Mumbai train bombings	209	Western Railroad, Mumbai, India	2006 Jul 11	Lashkar-e-Taiba?	Obilisk in one of the 7 bombed stations
2005 (4 tragedies)
Great Pakistan Earthquake	79,000+	Kashmir, Pakistan	2005 Oct 8	Nature+Bad Bldgs.
Muhammad Cartoons	100 plus	Jyullands-Posten, Denmark	2005 Sep 30	Various Muslims	Office of Jylands-Posten Daily, Copenhagen
Hurricane Katrina	1,836	New Orleans etc., USA	2005 Aug 29	Nature	Katrina Memorial, Biloxi, MS
7/7 London Bombings	56	London, England	2005 Jul 7	4 British Muslims	7/7 Memorial, Hyde Park, London
2004 (4 tragedies)
Indian Ocean Tsunami	230,210	Indonesia & other nations	2004 Dec 26	Nature	Khao-lak Lamru Nat Pk, Thailand
Murder of Theo van Gogh	1	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2004 Nov 2	Mohammed Bouyeri
Beslan School seige	334 plus	Beslan, Russia	2004 Sep 1-4	Ingust+Chechen militants	Tree of Grief, N.Ossetia, & monument nr Moscow
Madrid train bombings	199	Madrid, Spain	2004 Mar 11	Al-Qaeda inspired	Atocha Train Station Memorial, Madrid
2003 (3 tragedies)
US Military Deaths	4,295+	Iraq	2003-2009	Invaders v Disidents	Eyes Wide Open (AFSC)
Darfur Genocide	400,000	Darfur, Sudan	2003 Feb-Now	Janjaweed
Space Shuttle Columbia	7	Over Texas, USA	2003 Feb 1	Loose insulation foam	Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery
2002 (8 tragedies)
SARS Epidemic	774	China+Taiwan+Can.	2002-2003	Nature	SARS Animal Monument, Beijing, China
Karkur Junction Bombing	14	Karkur Junc., Wadi Ada, Israel	2002 Oct 21	al-Quds Brigades	?
Bali nightclub bombings	202	Kuta, Bali, Indonesia	2002 Oct 12	Jemaah Islamiyah	Bali Bombing Memorial
Megiddo Junction Bombing	17	Megiddo Junction, Israel	2002 Jun 5	Islamic Jihad	Memorial near the site of the attack
Jenin Massacre	c.75	Refugee Camp, Jenin, Palestine	2002 Apr 1-11	Israel vs. Refugees	Museum in Old Hijaz Railway building.
Passover Massacre	30	Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel	2002 Mar 27	Hamas	?
Gugerat Riots	1,044	Gugerat State, India	2002 Feb-Mar	Hindus v. Muslims	Gulberg Society, Ahmedabad (unintentional monument)
Bat Mitzvah Massacre	6	Hadera, Israel	2002 Jan	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade	?
2001 (4 tragedies)
Shoe Bomber	None	AA flight 63 (Paris-Miami/NYC)	2001 Dec 22	Richard Reid
9/11 Flight 93 Crash	44	Shanksville, Pennsylvania, USA	2001 Sep 11	Al-Qaeda	Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, PA
9/11 Pentagon	184	Arlington, Virginia, USA	2001 Sep 11	Al-Qaeda	Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, VA
9/11 World Trade Center	2,823	New York City, New York, USA	2001 Sep 11	Al-Qaeda	9/11 Memorial & Museum, New York City, NY
2000 (2 tragedies)
Bombing of "USS Cole"	17	Aden, Yemen	2000 Oct 12	Sudan Government?	Memorial, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Second Intifada	7,908-9,046	Palestine & Israel	2000/9-2005/2	Palestinians (PLO)	Various monuments
1999 (1 tragedy)
EgyptAir flight 990	217	Atlantic off Nantucket, USA	1999 Oct 31	First Officer's suicide	Granite memorial, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1998 (2 tragedies)
Bombing of US embassies	223 plus	Nairobi + Dar-es-Salaam	1998 Aug 7	Islamic Jihad	August 7 Memorial Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Bombing of Khobar Towers	20	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	1998 Jun 25	Hezbollah Al-Hejaz	Headstones, Arlington National Cemetery, VA, USA
1997 (3 tragedies)
Dalit Massacre	58	Laxmanput Bathe, Bihar, India	1997 Dec 1	Ranvir Sena landlord militia
Soufrière Hills Volcano	19	Plymouth, Monserrat	1997 Jun 25	Nature	Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Heaven's Gate Cult Suicide	39	San Diego, California, USA	1997 Mar 26	Marshall Applewhite	Site of suicide house (unintentional monument)
1996 (3 tragedies)
University of Texas Shooting	14	UT, Austin, Texas, USA	1996 Aug 1	Charles Whitman	Admin Building Tower (unintentional monument)
Dalit Massacre	21	Bathani Tola, Bhojpur, Bihar, India	1996 Jul 11	Ranvir Sena landlord militia
Crash of USAF Boeing CT-43	35	Dubrovnik, Croatia	1996 Apr 3	Pilot error	Graves of Ron Brown & Charles Meissner
1995 (5 tragedies)
North Korea Famine	2,000,000?	North Korea	1995-1997	Floods+Mismanagement	Presumably none
Srebrenica Massacre	8,000+	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1995 July	Serbian Army	Genocide Memorial, Potocari
Oklahoma City bombing	168	Oklahoma City, OK, USA	1995 Apr 19	Timothy McVeigh	Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Beit Lid Massacre	22	HaSharon Junction, Israel	1995 Jan 22	Islamic Jihad	Beit Lid Memorial, Sharon, Israel
Kobe Earthquake	6,434	Kansai Region, Japan	1995 Jan 17	Nature	Kobe Earthquake Memorial Museum, Kobe, Japan
1994 (4 tragedies)
Chiapas Conflict	118-126	Chiapas, Mexico	1994-2014	Zapatista Nat. Lib. Army	"A Place Called Chiapas" (1998 documentary)
Nicole Brown Simpson Murder	2	Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA	1994 Jun 12	O. J. Simpson	Nicole's grave, Ascension Cemetery Lake Forest, CA
Tutsi Genocide	800,000	Rwanda	1994 Apr-Jul	Hutus	Kigali Memorial Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre	30	Hebron, Palestine (West Bank)	1994 Feb 25	Baruch Goldstein	Goldstein's tomb (a Jewish extremist pilgrimage site)
1993 (4 tragedies)
Battle of Mogadishu	220-520	Mogadishu, Somalia	1993 Oct 3-4	Somali militiamen	Airborne & Special Operations Museum, Fort Bragg, NC
Branch Davidian Raid	76	Waco, Texas, USA	1993 Apr 19	David Koresh & FBI	Branch Davidian Memorial, Waco, Texas, USA
Columbine HS Massacre	15	Littleton, Colorado, USA	1993 Apr 19	E.Harris+D.Klebold	Columbine Memorial, Littleton, Colorado, USA
World Trade Center bombing	6	New York City, New York, USA	1993 Feb 26	Al-Qaeda	9/11 Memorial & Museum, New York City, NY, USA
1992 (2 tragedies)
Hurricane Andrew	65	Miami etc., Florida, USA	1992 Aug	Nature	Plaque, Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA
Khojali Massacre	613	Khojali, Azerbaijan	1992 Feb 25	Armenian+Russian military	Khojaly Massacre Memorial, The Hague, Netherlands
1991 (2 tragedies)
"Highway of Death"	>10,000	Highways 8 & 80, Kuwait	April 26-7, 1991	US & Canadian military
Persian Gulf War	>20-35,000	Kuwait & vicinity	1990/8/2-1991/2/28	Saddam Hussein & Iraq	National Desert Storm & Desert Shield War Memorial (pending)
1990 (4 tragedies)
Happy Land Club Fire	87	Bronx, New York City, NY, USA	1990 Mar 25	Arson by Julio González	Plaza of the Eighty-Seven (renamed street)
"Scandinavian Star" Fire	158	Norway-Denmark	1990 Apr 7	Arson & bad design	Scandinavian Star Monument, Oslo, Norway
Nicaraguan Civil War	50,000	Nicaragua	1979-1990	Contras+CIA v Govt.	Parque de la Paz, Managua
Lebanese Civil War	200,000	Lebanon	1975-1990	Civil War	National Memorial, Beirut (future)
1989 (5 tragedies)
Invasion of Panama	228+	Panama	1989 Dec-1990 Jan	USA	La Comandancia (unintentional monument)
École Polytechnique Massacre	15	Montréal, Québec, Canada	1989 Dec 6	Marc Lépine	Place du 6-Décembre-1989
UTA flight 772	170	Niger (Brazzaville-Paris)	1989 Sep 19	Islamic Jihad	Desert memorial of victims' families, Ténéré Desert, Niger (2007)
Tiananmen Square Protests	2,600	Beijing, China	1989 Jun 4	People's Republic of China	Goddess of Democracy, Beijing, China
"Exxon Valdez" Oil Spill	None	Prince William Sound, AK, USA	1989 Mar 24	Improper navigation	Ship renamed "Dong Fang Ocean"
1988 (2 tragedies)
Pan Am flight 103	270	Lockerbie, Scotland, UK	1988 Dec 22	Libya with A. al-Megrahi	Dryfesdale Cemetery, Lockerbie, Scotland
Poison Gas Attack	3,200-5,000	Halabja (Kurdistan), Iraq	1988 Mar 16-17	Saddam Hussein	Martyrs Monument & Museum
1987 (1 tragedy)
First Intifada	2,204	Palestine & Israel	1987/12-1993/9	Palestinians (PUNLU)	Various monuments
1986 (5 tragedies)
Pan Am flight 73	20	Karachi, Pakistan	1986 Sep 5	Abu Nidal Organization
Nuclear Accident	4,000	Chernobyl, Ukraine	1986 Apr 26	Plant operators	Memorials in Kiev & elsewhere
US air raid on Lybia	62-77	Tripoli & Benghazi, Lybia	1986 Apr 15	Retaliation for Berlin bombing	Lybian postage stamps
Discothèque bombing	3	Berlin, Germany	1986 Apr 5	Libya	Memorial plaque on La Belle discothèque
Space Shuttle Challenger	7	Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA	1986 Jan 28	Failure of O-ring	Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, VA, USA
1985 (3 tragedies)
Arrow Air flight 1285	256	Gander, Newfoundland, Canada	1985 Dec 12	Ice on wings?	"Silent Witness," Gander Lake (also in Kentucky)
JAL flight 123	520	Mount Takamagahara, Japan	1985 Aug 12	Mechanical failure	JAL Safety Promotion Center, Tokyo
Air India flight 182 bombing	329	Atlantic in Irish air space	1985 Jun 23	Sikh Inderjit Singh Reyat	Sundial, Humber Bay East Park, Toronto, Canada
1984 (4 tragedies)
Bhopal Chemical Leak	16,000	Bhopal, India	1984 Dec 2	Union Carbibe	Memorial (future)
Anti-Sikh Riots	10-17,000	New Delhi, India	1984 Oct-Nov	Hindus w/govt help	Sikh Heritage Centre & Holocaust Museum, Derby
McDonald's Rest. Massacre	22	San Ysidro, California, USA	1984 Jul 18	James Oliver Huberty	Monument to Victims, San Diego, California, USA
Murder of Yvonne Fletcher	1	St. James Square, London, Englad	1984 Apr 17	Libya	Memorial in St. James Square
1983 (3 tragedies)
Invasion of Granada	89	Granada	1983 10/25-12/15	USA	Prime Minister Maurice Bishop Airport
US Marine Barracks bombing	299	Beirut, Lebanon	1983 Oct 23	Hezbollah	Beirut Memorial, Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA
Korean Airlines flight 007	269	Sea of Japan	1983 Sep 1	Russian Air Force	Tower of Prayer, Cape Soya, Japan
1982 (5 tragedies)
Green River murders	49-90+	Washington State, USA	1982-1998	Serial killer Gary Ridgway
Sabra & Shatila Massacres	700-3,500	South Beirut, Lebanon	1982 Sep 16-8	Phalangists & Israel	Martyrs Square of Sabra & Shatila Massacres
Air Florida Flight 90	78	Potomac River, Wash, DC, USA	1982 Aug 13	Improper deicing	Arland D Williams Jr Memorial Bridge
London Bombings	11	Hyde & Regents Parks, London	1982 Jul 20	Provisional IRA	Two memorials
Falklands War	907	Falkland Islands	1982 Apr-Jun	Argentina	Argentine & British Military Cemeteries on East Falkland
1981 (2 tragedies)
El Mozote Massacre	800+	El Mozote, El Salvador	1981 Dec 11	Salvadorean Army	Memorial, El Mozote, El Salvador
Chemical Warfare	10,000	Iran	1981-1988	Iraq	Tehran Peace Monument & OPCW, The Hague
1980 (4 tragedies)
Iran-Iraq War	1,000,000	Iran & Iraq	1980-1988	Opposing Armies	Al-Shaheed Monument, Baghdad, Iraq
Gwangju Uprising	1-2,000	Gwangju, South Korea	1980 May 18-27	Korean & US military	Mangwol-dong Cemetery, Gwangju
Iranian Embassy siege	7	Princess Gate, London, England	1980 Apr-May	Dem Rev Fr for Lib Arabistan	Bombed out Iranian Embassy (unintentional monument)
"Kielland Rig" Collapse	123	North Sea, Norway	1980 Mar 27	Undected crack	"Brutte Lenke/Broken Chain"
1979 (2 tragedies)
Iranian Hostage Crisis	9	American Embassy Tehran, Iran	1979/11-1981/1	Students+Government	Avenue of 444 Flags, Hermitage, Pennsylvania, USA
Nuclear Accident	None	Three Mile Island, PA, USA	1979 Mar 28	Many entities	Roadside Marker, Dauphin Cty, Pennsylvania, USA
1978 (5 tragedies)
Iranian Revolution	2,781-8,000	Iran	1978-79	Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini	Shahyad Tower (later Azadi Tower), Tehran, Iran
"Unabomber" Mail Bombs	3	Lincoln, Montana, USA	1978-1995	Ted Kaczynski	"Pause," New York City, New York, USA
Nicaraguan Revolution	53,000	Nicaragua	1978-1990	Sandinistas & Contras	?
People's Temple Suicide	918	Jonestown, Guyana	1978 Nov 18	Jim Jones	Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, California, USA
Coastal Road Massacre	38	Coastal Highway, Israel	1978 Mar 11	Fatah & Abu Jihad	Egged Bus, Egged Museum, Holon, Israel
1977 (1 tragedy)
KLM/PanAm Collision	583	Tenerife, Canary Islands	1977 Mar 27	Runway confusion	Intl Memorial, Mount Mesa Mota
1976 (4 tragedies)
Guerra Sucia (Dirty War)	9-30,000	Argentina	1976-1983	Government (& Church?)	Villa Grimaldi, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel al-Zaatar Massacre	2-3,000	UNRWA Refugee Camp, Lebanon	1976 Aug 12	Lebanese militia	?
Legionnaires' Disease	34	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	1976 Jul 27	Unidentified disease
Operation Entebbe	58	Entebbe Airport, Uganda	1976 Jul 4	Palestinian terrorists	Entebbe Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1975 (3 tragedies)
OPEC Siege	3	OPEC headqrts, Vienna, Austria	1975 Dec 21	Carlos the Jackal	OPEC headquarters (unintenional monument)
Cambodian Genocide	1,700,000	Cambodia	1975-1979	Khmer Rouge	Killing Fields Memorial, Choeung Ek, Cambodia
Pine Ridge Shootout	3	Pine Ridge IR, South Dakota, USA	1975 Jun 26	AIM v. FBI	"The Leonard Peltier Story" (1992 documentary)
1974 (2 tragedies)
Birmingham Pub Bombings	21	Birmingham, England	1974 Nov 21	IRA	Memorial plaque to the 21 victims, St. Philip's Cathedral
Ma'alot massacre	31 +3	Ma'alot, Israel	1974 May	Dem. Front for Lib.of Palestine	Netiv Meir Elementary School
1973 (1 tragedy)
Wounded Knee Incident	2	Pine Ridge IR, South Dakota, USA	1973 2/27-5/8	AIM v. US Marshalls	"Thurderheart" (1992 film)
1972 (2 tragedies)
Munich Olympics massacre	17	Munich, Germany	1972 Sep	Black September	Tablet at Olympic Stadium, Munich
"Bloody Sunday"	14	Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK	1972 Jan 30	British Army	Mural by Bogside Artists
1971 (3 tragedies)
Lake Huron Tunnel Disaster	22	Port Huron, Michigan, USA	1971 Dec 11	Methane gas explosion	Miner Statue, Fort Gratiot County Park, MI, USA
Attica Prison Riot	44	Attica, New York, USA	1971 Sep 13	Racist prison guards
Bangadesh Genocide	3,000,000	Bangladesh	1971 Mar-Dec	Pakistani military	Jatiyo Smriti Soudho (National Monument), Dhaka
1970 (1 tragedy)
Kent State massacre	4	Kent St Univ, Kent, Ohio, USA	1970 May 4	Ohio National Guard	May 4 Memorial, Kent St Univ, Kent, Ohio, USA
1969 (4 tragedies)
Altamont Free Concert	4	Altamont Track, CA, USA	1969 Dec 6	Hells Angels et al	?
Manson Murders	7	10050 Cielo Drive, CA, USA	1969 Jul-Aug	Charles Manson	Grave of Sharon Tate, Los Angeles, CA
Stonewall Riots	None	New York City, NY, USA	1969 Jun 28	Gays v NYC Police	Stonewall Inn, New York City, New York
Santa Barbara oil spill	None	Santa Barbara Channel, CA, USA	1969 Jan 28	Blowout	Platforms A, B & C remain in the Santa Barbara Channel
1968 (6 tragedies)
"The Troubles"	3,530	Northern Ireland & Ireland	1968-1998	IRA v. UK	Peace Walls, Belfast & Londonderry
Tlatelolco massacre	30-300	Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico	1968 Oct 2	Police	Jardin de la Paz/Peace Garden, Tlatelolco, Mexico City
Washington Race Riots	12	Washington, DC, USA	1968 Apr 4-8	Blacks after MLK's death	Landmark for Peace, Indianapolis, Indiana
My Lai massacre	347-504	My Lai, Vietnam	1968 Mar 16	USA (US Army)	My Lai Peace Park (Madison Quakers)
Tet Offensive	xxxx?	Vietnam	1968 Jan 30	North Vietnam
Capture of "USS Pueblo"	1	Tsushima Strait	1968 Jan 23	North Korea
1967 (3 tragedies)
Silver Bridge Collapse	46	Point Pleasant, WV, USA	1967 Dec 15	Bridge failure	Silver Memorial Bridge, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Attack on "USS Liberty"	34	Mediterranean Sea near Sinai	1967 Jun 8	Israel	Memorial Plaque, Mt. Soledad, La Jolla, California, USA
Six Day War	12,276-17,683	Israel v Egypt+Syria+Jordan	1967 Jun 5-10	Opposing armies	Memorial, Ammunition Hill, Jerusalem
1966 (3 tragedies)
"Cultural Revolution"	1.5-3,000,000	China	1966-1976	Mao Zedong	Cultural Revolution Museum, Shantou, China
Murder of 8 Nurses	8	Chicago, Illinois, USA	1966 Jul 14	Richard Speck	Graves in Holy Cross Cemetery, Chicago, IL, USA
Earthquake & Tsunami	165	Aleutian Islands, AK, USA	1966 Apr 1	Nature	Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo, HI, USA
1965 (2 tragedies)
US Invasion of Dominican Republic	<1,000	Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	1965 Apr 24-Sep 3	Constitutionalists
"Bloody Sunday"	None	Selma, Alabama, USA	1965 Mar 7	Alabama State Police	National Voting Rights Museum, Selma, AL, USA
1964 (2 tragedies)
Murders by Military Government	434+8,300	Brazil	1964-1985	Military Government	"Tortura Nunca Mais/Torture Never Again," Recife
Civil Rights Murders	3	Near Philadelphia, MS, USA	1964 June 21-22	Klu Klux Klan	Memorial at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
1963 (2 tragedies)
Tutsi Massacre	10,000?	Rwanda	1963/12-1964/1	Hutus	Kigali Memorial Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
16th St Baptist Church bombing	4	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	1963 Sep 15	White supremacists	"That Which Might Have Been," Phoenix, AZ
1962 (1 tragedy)
Cuban Missile Crisis	None	Cuba & Straits of Florida	1962 Oct	Soviet Union	Museo de la Revolution, Havana
1961 (4 tragedies)
Berlin Wall Escapees	1,000	Berlin, Germany	1961-1989	EastGermany+USSR	Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Berlin, Germany
Crash of United Nations DC-6	16	Ndola, Zambia	1961 Sep 18	Congolese factions	Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial
Bay of Pigs invasion	294	Playa Girón, Cuba	1961 Apr 17-9	USA (CIA)	Museo municipal de Playa Girón, Cuba
Massacre of Algerians	40-200	Paris, France	1961 Oct 17	Parisian Police
1960 (3 tragedies)
Murder of the Mirabal sisters	4	Dominican Republic	1960 Nov 25	Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina	Mirabal home (now a museum), Salcedo, DR
Chile Earthquake 9.5	6,000	Valdivia, Chile	1960 May 22	Nature	Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Sharpeville massacre	69	Sharpeville, Transvaal, So. Africa	1960 Mar 21	South African Police	Memorial in Sharpeville Human Rights Precinct (2002)
1959 (3 tragedies)
Basque Terrorism	c.1,229	Spain & France	1959-2011	Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)	Republican mural, Belfast, Northern Ireland
US Military Deaths	58,256	Vietnam	1959-1975	Opposing Armies	Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC, USA
Désastre d'Escuminac	35	Miramichi Bay, NB, Canada	1959 Jun 19	Tropical storm	Fisherman's Monument, Escuminac, NB, Canada
1958 (2 tragedies)
"Great Leap Forward"	30-45,000,000	China	1958-1962	CPC & Mao Zedong	?
823 Artillery Bombardment	2,600	Kinmen Island (Quemoy), Taiwan	1958	People's Republic of China	Kinmen Bell (2011)
1957 (none)
1956 (5 tragedies)
Suez Crisis	2,907-4,257	Suez Canal, Egypt	1956 10/29-11/7	Israel, UK & France	"Reconciliation" (Peacekeeping Monument), Ottawa, ON
Kafr Qasim Massacre	49	Kafr Qasim, Israel	1956 Oct 29	Israel Border Police	Kafr Qasim Memorial & Museum
Hungarian Revolution	3,222-3,722	Hungary	1956 10/23-11/10	Soviet Union	Stalin's empty boots, Memento Park near Budapest
Asian Flu Pandemic	1-4,000,000	China + World	1956-1958	Nature	?
"SS Andrea Doria" Collision	52	Off Nantucket, MA, USA	1956 Jul 25	Human error	Underwater Wreck (unintentional monument)
1955 (none)
1954 (2 tragedies)
Civil Rights Movement	40	Southern USA	1954-1968	Segregationists	Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Algerian Independence	700,000	Algeria	1954-1962	France+Guerrillas	Monument des Martyrs, Algiers, Algeria
1953 (none)
1952 (1 tragedy)
Mau Mau Uprising	12,200-20,200	Kenya	1952-1960	Mau Mau v UK
1951 (none)
1950 (2 tragedies)
No Gun Ri massacre	400?	No Gun Ri, South Korea	1950 Jul 26–9	US Army	No Gun Ri International Peace Park
US Military Deaths	36,940	Korea	1950-1953	Opposing Armies	Korean War Vets Memorial, DC
1949 (none)
1948 (3 tragedies)
Eilabun Massacre	14	Eilabun, Israel	1948 Oct 30	Israel Defense Forces	Documentary film "The Sons of Eilaboun"
Hadassah Convoy Massacre	79	East Jerusalem, Palestine	1948 Apr 13	Arab forces	Plaques on street & Mt. Scopus
Deir Yassin Massacre	300?	Near Jerusalem, Israel	1948 Apr 9	Irgun + Stern Group	"Deir Yassin Remembered," Geneva, New York, USA
1947 (3 tragedies)
Partition of Palestine	16-21,000	Israel+Palestine	1947-1948	Haganah etc.	Museum of Underground Prisoners, Jerusalem
Partition of India	3,400,000	India & Pakistan	1947	Hindus+Muslims	Memorial at Wagah (proposed)
228 Incident	10,000+	Taiwan	1947 Feb 28	Koumintang	National 228 Memorial Museum, Taipei
1946 (1 tragedy)
Great Calcutta Killing	5-10,000	Calcutta, Bengal, India	1946 Aug 16-19	Muslims & Hindus	"Conspicuously absent from official memory of Bengal"
1945 (11 tragedies)
Nagasaki Atom Bomb	80,000	Nagasaki, Japan	1945 Aug 9	USA	Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall, Nagasaki
Hiroshima Atom Bomb	140,000	Hiroshima, Japan	1945 Aug 6	USA	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall, Hiroshima
Sinking of "USS Indianapolis"	879	Philippine Sea (Guam to Leyte)	1945 Jul 30	Japan & US incompetence	USS Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Yokahama Air Raid	7-8,000	Yokohama, Japan	1945 May 29	USA
Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun suicides	2	Führerbunker, Berlin, Germany	1945 Apr 30	Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun	Information board at Führerbunker site
Kawasaki Air Raid	1,000	Kawasaki, Japan	1945 Apr 15	USA	Kawasaki Peace Museum, Kawasaki
Battle of Okinawa	240,734	Okinawa, Japan	1945 Mar-Jun	Opposing Armies	Cornerstone of Peace, Mabuni, Okinawa
Tokyo Air Raids	100,000	Tokyo, Japan	1945 Feb-Aug	USA	Center of Tokyo Raid+War Damages, Tokyo
Battle of Iwo Jima	24,666-25,196	Iwo Jima Island, Japan	1945 2/19-3/26	USA	US Marine Corps Memorial, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Osaka Air Raids	>10,000	Osaka, Japan	1945 Feb-Aug	USA	Osaka International Peace Center, Osaka
Dresden Air Raid	24-40,000	Dresden, Germany	1945 Feb 13	UK+USA	Monument to Memory of WW-II, Dresden
1944 (8 tragedies)
Sinking of batteship "Tirpitz"	950-1,204	Håkøya Island, Tromsø, Norway	1944 Nov 12	Royal Air Force	Memorial on Håkøya Island
Epuration sauvage	9,000	France	1944	France	?
Marzabotto Massacre	770	Monte Sole, Italy	1944 Oct	Waffen SS	Peace School Foundation, Monte Sole, Italy
Sinking of the "Mefkura"	>300	Black Sea, Turkey	1944 Aug 5	Soviet submarine	Monument to "Struma" & "Mefkura," Ashdod, Israel
Executions after July 20 Plot	4,980	Nazi Germany	1944	Gestapo	Memorial to German Resistance, Bendlerblock, Berlin
July 20 Plot against Adolf Hitler	4	Rastenburg, Nazi Germany	1944 Jul 20	Claus von Stauffenberg	Memorial to German Resistance, Bendlerblock, Berlin
Oradour Massacre	642	Oradour-sur-Glane, France	1944 Jun 10	Waffen SS	Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour, France
US Army "Exercise Tiger"	749	Lyme Bay, Devon, England	1944 Apr 28	German E-Boats	Tank Memorial, Torcross, England
1943 (3 tragedies)
Operation Gomorrah	50,000	Hamburg, Germany	1943 Jul 24+	UK (Royal Air Force)	Nikolaikirche, Hamburg
Detroit Race Riot	34	Detroit, Michigan, USA	1943 Jun 20-22	Blacks v. Whites	Belle Isle Bridge (Douglas McArthur Bridge), Detroit
Battle of Attu	3,399+	Attu, Aleutian Islands, AK, USA	1943 May 11-30	USA	Japanese Peace Monument (titanium)
Japanese-American Internment	None	Western States, USA	World War II	US Government	Japanese American Memorial, Washington, DC
1942 (7 tragedies)
Bataan Death March	6-11,000	Bataan Peninsula, Philippines	1942	Imperial Japan	Friendship Tower of Bagac
Holocaust (Netherlands)	101,800	Netherlands	1942-1945	Nazi Germany	Memorial Center Camp Westerbork
Lidice Massacre	c.340	Lidice, Czech Republic	1942 Jun 10	Nazi Germany	Phillips, Wisconsin (1944) & Lidice (c.1995)
Doolittle Raid Retaliation	250,000	Zhejiang & Jiangxi, China	1942 May-Sep	Imperial Japan	?
Doolittle Air Raid	61	Tokyo & 5 other cities, Japan	1944 Apr 18	US Army Air Corps	National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
Sinking of the "Struma"	791	Black Sea, Turkey	1942 Feb 24	Soviet submarine	Monument to "Struma" & "Mefkura," Ashdod, Israel
Fire & sinking of "Normandie"	1	New York Harbor, NY, USA	1942 Feb 9	Welding torch	"La Paix" statue, Pinelawn Mem Park, Long Island, NY
1941 (9 tragedies)
Sinking of "Prince of Wales"	327	South China Sea, off Kuantan	1941 Dec 10	Japanese bombers	???
Sinking of "HMS Repulse"	508	South China Sea, off Kuantan	1941 Dec 10	Japanese bombers	"Protected Place"
Pearl Harbor Air Raid	2,452	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	1941 Dec 7	Imperial Japan	USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Rumbula Massacre	25,000	Rumbula Forest, Latvia	1941 Nov-Dec	Nazi Germany	"Soviet Era" Marker, Rumbula
Kragujevac Massacre	2,796	Kragujevac, Serbia	1941 Oct 21	Nazi Germany	October 21 Memorial Park, Kragujevac
Babi Yar Massacre	33,771	Kiev, Ukraine	1941 Sep 29-30	Nazi Germany	Babi Yar Monument, Kiev
Holocaust or Shoah (Genocide)	6,000,000	Nazi Germany & Europe	1941-1945	Nazi Germany	US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Jedwabne Pogrom	300 plus	Jedwabne, Poland	1941 Jul 10	Polish Gentiles	Jedwabne Memorial, Poland
Sinking of batteship "Bismarck"	c2,086	North Atlantic Ocean	1941 May 27	Royal Navy	Wreck about 650 km (400 mi) west of Brest, France
1940 (8 tragedies)
Bridge Collapse	None	Tacoma Narrows, WA, USA	1940 Nov 7	Bad design	Two replacement bridges
Warsaw Ghetto	3-400,000	Warsaw, Poland	1940/10-1943/5	Nazi Germany	___, Warsaw
Powder Explosion	51	Kenvil, New Jersey, USA	1940 Sep 12	Accident?	Memorial Plaque (2005)
The Blitz	40-43,000	London, England	1940/9-1041/5	Nazi Germany	____, London
Battle of Britain	23,002+	Great Britain, UK	1940 Jul-Oct	Nazi Germany	Kent Battle of Britain Museum
French Fleet Sinking	1,297	Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria	1940 Jul 3	Royal Navy	Memorial, Coastal Path, Toulon, France
Auschwitz Concentration Camp	1,100,000+	Auschwitz, Poland	1940/5-1945/1	Nazi Germany	Auschwitz Concentration Camp (unintentional monument)
Katyn Forest Massacre	21,768	Near Smolensk, USSR	1940 March	Russia	National Katyn Memorial, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1939 (1 tragedy)
Voyage of the "MS St. Louis"	254	Atlantic Ocean	1939 5/13-6/17	Nazis, Cuba, USA	Florida Holocaust Museum, St Petersburg, FL, USA
1938 (2 tragedies)
Kristallnacht	91	Germany+Austria	1938 Nov 9-10	Nazi Germany	Kristallnacht Memorial, Austria
Great New England Hurricane	682-800	New England, USA	1938 Sep 21	Nature	?
1937 (6 tragedies)
Rape of Nanking	300,000	Nanjing, China	1937 Dec	Imperial Japan	Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
Parsley Massacre	537-12,166	Dominican Republic	1937 Oct 2-8	Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina
Amelia Earhart's Disapearance	2	Pacific Ocean near Howland Island	1937 Jul 2	Unknown	"Earhart Light" on Howland Island
Burning of the "Hindenburg"	36	Lakehurst NAS, New Jersey, USA	1937 May 6	Various theories	Marker at disaster site
Guernica Air Raid	1,654	Guernica, Spain	1937 Apr 26	Germany & Italy	Museo de la Paz de Guernika
School Explosion	296-319	New London, Texas, USA	1937 Mar 18	Natural gas buildup	Cenotaph, New London, Texas
1936 (2 tragedies)
Great Purge	950-1,200,000	USSR	1936-1939	NKVD & Stalin	Butovo Firing Range near Moscow
Gainesville Tornado	436+	Gainesville, GA, USA	1936, Apr 6	Nature	Roosevelt Monument, Gainesville
1935 (none)
1934 (2 tragedies)
"Morro Castle" Fire	137	Off Asbury Park, NJ, USA	1934 Sep 8	Safety deficiencies	Outside Convention Hall, Asbury Park
Nepal-Bihar Earthquake	6,000-10,700	Nepal &Bihar State, India	1934 Jan 15	Nature	Kesaria Stupa, East Champaran
1933 (2 tragedies)
Unjust Nazi Executions	3,000	Plöetzensee Prison, Berlin	1933-1945	Nazi Germany	Plöetzensee Memorial, Berlin
Burning of the Reichstag	?	Berlin, Germany	1933 Feb 27	?
1932 (3 tragedies)
Minamata Disease	1,784	Minamata, Kumamoto Japan	1932-1968	Mercury poisoning	Minamata Disease Municipal Museum
Japanese Comfort Women	15-300,000	Japan & SE Asia	1932-1945	Japanese Imperial Army	Monuments in South Korea & USA
Holodomor (Famine)	10,000,000	Ukraine	1932-1933	USSR & Stalin	Kiev Memorial (+ Edmonton, Aberta, Canada)
1931 (1 tragedy)
Central China Floods	3.7-4,000,000	Central China	1931 Jul-Nov	Nature	High watermark at Hankou (August 19)
1930 (1 tragedy)
Valentine Day massacre	7	Chicago, Illinois, USA	1929 Feb 14	Al Capone's gang	Grave of Al Capone, Chicago, IL
1920-1929 (10 tragedies)
Grand Haven Seiche	10	Grand Haven, Michigan, USA	1929 Jul 4	Nature
"Vestris" Sinking	111	Off Hampton Roads, USA	1928 Nov 12	Shifting cargo	?
Okeechobee Hurricane	4,078	Florida & Elsewhere, USA	1928 Sep 6-20	Nature	Herbert Hoover Dike
Bath School Disaster	44	Bath, Michigan, USA	1927 May 18	Andrew Kehoe	Bath School Memorial Park
Beer Hall Putsch	20	Bürgerbräukeller, Munich, Germ.	1923 Nov 8-9	Adolf Hitler et al	Georg Elser plaque on GEMA building (site of the putsch)
Great Kanto Earthquake	142,000	Tokyo, Japan	1923 Sep 1	Nature	Tokyo Earthquake Memorial
Rosewood Massacre	8	Rosewood, Florida, USA	1923 January	Rioting Whites	Ghost Town & Marker
Tulsa Race Riot	39	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	1921 May 31	Rioting Whites	Greenwood Cultural Center
Wall Street Bombing	38	New York, NY, USA	1920 Sep 16	Anarchists	Scared stone at 23 Wall Street
Matewan Massacre	10	Matewan, West Virginia, USA	1920 May 19	Coal companies	Matewan Historic District
1915-1919 (10 tragedies)
Jallianwala Bagh massacre	379-1,500	Jallianwala Garden, Amritsar, Inda	1919 Apr 13	British Army	Jallianwala Bagh memorial, Amritsar, India
Ammunition Explosion	100 plus	Perth Amboy, NJ, USA	1918 Oct 4	Accident?	?
Armenian Genocide	500,000+	Ottoman Empire, Turkey	World War I	Ottoman Empire	Memorial, Tsitsernakaberd, Armenia
Ypres Salient	300,000	Flanders, Belgium	World War I	Opposing Armies	IJzertoren Museum, Diksmuide
Great Pandemic (Flu)	50-100,000,000	Worldwide	1918-1920	Nature	Penny Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
Halifax Explosion	2,000	Halifax Harbour, NS, Canada	1917 Dec 6	Mont-Blanc (French ship)	Memorial Bell Tower, Halifax, NS
Battle of Verdun	230,000	Lorraine, France	1916 Feb-Dec	Opposing Armies	Douaumont Ossuary, Douaumont
Battle of Gallipoli	98,758	Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey	1915-16	Opposing Armies	Gallipoli Peninsula Peace Park
"Eastland" Collapse	844	Chicago River, Illinois, USA	1915 July 24	Bad design	Historical marker (1989, stolen & replaced)
"Lusitania" Sinking	1,198	Off Cobh, Ireland	1915 May 7	German Sub U-20	Lusitania Peace Memorial, Cobh
1910-1914 (7 tragedies)
"Empress of Ireland" Sinking	1,012	St. Lawrence River, Canada	1914 May 29	Collision with "SS Storstad"	Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père
Ludlow Massacre	20	Ludlow, Colorado, USA	1914 Apr 20	Colorado State Militia	Ludlow Monument, Ludlow, CO
"Titanic" Sinking	1,517	West Atlantic Ocean	1912 Apr 14-5	White Star Lines	Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, NS, Canada
Cross Mtn. Mine Explosion	84	Briceville, Tennessee, USA	1911 Dec 9	Dust & Gas Ignition	Miners' Circle, Circle Cemetery, Briceville, TN
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire	146	New York City, NY, USA	1911 Mar 25	Smoking & bad exits	Mt Richmond Cem, Staten Island, NY, USA
Louisiana Slave Revolt	97	Near LaPlace, LA, USA	1811 Jan 8-10	Slaves & Masters	Mentioned on Woodland Plantation marker
Wellington Avalanche	96	Wellington (Tye), WA, USA	1910 Mar 01	Nature	Iron Goat Trail on US-2, Stevens Pass
1900-1909 (10 tragedies)
Cherry Mine Disaster	259	Cherry, Illinois, USA	1909 Nov 13	Kerosene lanterns	UMW Monument
Earthquake & Fire	3,000+	San Francisco, CA, USA	1906 Apr 18	Nature	San Francisco Fire Dept Museum
Herero/Nama Genocide	60,000	Namibia (ex-SW Africa)	1904-1907	German Empire	Herero & Nama prisoner skulls returned in 2011
"General Slocum" Fire	1,021	East River, NY City, USA	1904 Jun 15	Capt. Van Schaick	Tompkins Square Memorial
Turtle Mountain Slide	c.70	Frank, Alberta, Canada	1903 Apr 29	Bad mining	Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
Mount Pelee Eruption	30,000	Sainte-Pierre, Martinique	1902 May 8	Nature	Volcano Museum
Fraterville Mine Disaster	216	Fraterville, Tennessee, USA	1902 May 19	Negligence	Miners' Circle, Leach Cemetery, Lake City, TN
Balangiga Retalliation	2-3,000	Balangiga, Samar, Philippines	1901 Aug-Sep	US Army	Balangiga Bells, Cheyenne, WY (booty)
"Rio de Janeiro" Sinking	135	San Francisco Bay, CA, USA	1901 Feb 22	Navigation error	Underwater wreck
Unnamed Hurricane	8,000	Galveston, Texas, USA	1900 Sep 8	Nature	Galveston Hurricane Memorial
1890-1899 (7 tragedies)
Second Boer War	58,169	South Africa	1899-1902	UK v. SA Republic	Boer War Mon., St. Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Australia
"USS Maine" Sinking	258	Havana Harbor, Cuba	1898 Feb 15	Spain or accident	Maine Memorial, New York City
Spanish-American War	17,165	Cuba & Philippines	1898	USA v. Spain	Mast of Battleship "Maine," Arlington Cemetery, VA
Lattimer Massacre	19	Mine near Hazelton, PA, USA	1897 Sep 10	Luzerne County sheriff	Small memorial on the site (1972)
Pullman Strike	13	Pullman, Illinois, USA	1894 May 11	US Army	Randolph/Pullman Museum/Gallery
Worlds Fair murders	27-200	Chicago, Illinois, USA	1893	Serial killer H.H. Holmes	Site of Holmes' "Worlds Fair Hotel"
Wounded Knee Massacre	c.325	Pine Ridge IR, SD, USA	1890 Dec 29	US Army	National Historic Landmark
1880-1889 (10 tragedies)
Johnstown Flood	2,200+	Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA	1889 May 1	South Fork Club	Dam site & Johnstown Flood Museum, PA, USA
Jack the Ripper	5 plus	Whitechapel, London	1888 Late	Unidentified serial killer	Jack the Ripper Walking Tour, London
Great Chatsworth Wreak	85	Chatsworth, Illinois, USA	1887 Aug 10	Careless railroad workers	Roadside Marker in Illinois & Folksong
Haymarket Massacre	7 plus	Chicago, Illinois, USA	1886 May 4	Strikers & police	Haymarket Martyrs Monument, Chicago, IL, USA
Belgian Rule of the Congo	c.10,000,000	Belgian Congo	1885-1962	King Leopold II	Fallen statue of Henry Morton Stanley on Congo River
2nd Riel Rebellion	125	Saskatchewan, Canada	1885 Spring	Province vs. Métis	Bell of Batoche (taken to Ontario & lost)
Cincinnati Courthouse Riots	56	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	1884 Mar 28-30	Corruption & race	Cincinnati Music Hall (unintentional monument)
Krakatoa Eruption	36,417	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	1883 Aug 26	Nature	Memorial, Bandar Lampung
Gunfight at OK Corral	3	Tombstone, Arizona, USA	1881 Oct 26	Earps vs. Clantons	Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, AZ, USA
First Boer War	449	South Africa	1880-1881	UK v. SA Republic	?
1870-1879 (8 tragedies)
Tay Rail Bridge Disaster	75	Dundee, Scotland, UK	1879 Dec 28	Bridge failure	Tay Bridge Disaster Song
Hatfield-McCoy Feud	7	West Virginia/Kentucky, USA	1878-1891	Both families	Floodwall, Matewan, West Virginia, USA
Murders by Billy the Kid	8	Arizona, USA	1877-1881	Billy the Kid	Gravestone, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, USA
Battle of Little Big Horn	263	Crow Agency, Montana, USA	1876 Jun 25-6	US Army v. Indians	Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument
Colfax Massacre	83-153	Colfax, Louisiana USA	1873 Apr 13	Rioting Whites	Liberty Monument, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Great Chicago Fire	200-300	Chicago, Illinois, USA	1871 Oct 8-10	Mrs.O'Leary's cow?	Chicago Water Tower
Peshtigo Forest Fires	1,200-2,400	Wisconsin & Michigan, USA	1871 Oct 8	Nature	Peshtigo Fire Museum, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, USA
Franco-Prussian War	167,079	France	1870-1871	2nd French Empire v. Prussia	Lion of Belfort, Belfort, France
1860-1869 (8 tragedies)
"Sultana" Explosion	1,800	Mississippi River, TN, USA	1865 Apr 27	Boiler misuse	Memorials in TN & 5 other states
Slavery in USA	Unknown	Southern States, USA	Before 1865	Southern States	National Slavery Museum, Washington, DC
Sand Creek Massacre	400	Kiowa County, CO, USA	1864 Nov 29	Colorado Terr. Militia	Sand Creek Massacre NH Site
Fort Pillow Massacre	231	Henning, Tennessee, USA	1864 Apr 4	Confederate Army	Fort Pillow State Park
Long Walk of the Navajo	200 plus	Arizona & N.Mexico, USA	1864 Jan	US Army	Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner, NM
Battle of Antietam	23,000	Sharpsburg, MD, USA	1862 Sep 17	Opposing Armies	Antietam National Cemetery
Sioux Uprising	300-800	Minnesota, USA	1862 Aug-Sep	Sioux Indians	Reconciliation Park, Mankato, MN
American Civil War	620,000	USA	1861-1865	Opposing Armies	Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
1850-1859 (5 tragedies)
John Brown's Raid	17	Harper's Ferry, WV, USA	1859 Oct 16-9	John Brown	John Brown's Fort, Harper's Ferry, WV
"Arabia" Sinking	None	Parkville, Missouri, USA	1856 Sep 5	Snag in Missouri River	Arabia Museum, Kansas City, MO
"Bloody Monday" Riot	22	Louisville, Kentucky, USA	1855 Aug 6	Anti-Catholic Know Nothings	St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Louisville, KY
"Saluda" Explosion	100 plus	Lexington, Missouri, USA	1852 Apr 9	Boiler explosion	Saluda Steamboat Memorial
"HMS Birkenhead" Wreck	450	Gansbaai, South Africa	1852 Feb 28	Rusty lifeboats	Plaque, Danger Point Lighthouse
1840-1849 (7 tragedies)
Mexican-American War	c.29,283	Mexico & Texas	1846-1847	USA v. Mexico	Gadsden Purchase, Arizona & New Mexico, USA
Donner Party	39	Donner Pass, California, USA	1846-47 Winter	Snow+Canibalism	Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, CA
Highland Potato Famine	No record	Scotland, UK	1846-1856	Phytophthora infestans	?
an Gorta Mor/Great Famine	1,000,000	Ireland	1845-1852	Phytophthora infestans	Famine Memorials, Dublin & elsewhere
Bible Riots	c.20	Philadelphia, PA, USA	1844 May-Jul	Nativists	St Augustine Catholic Church, Philadelphia
Massacre of Pioneers	400 less	Great Plains, USA	1842-1859	Plains Indians	Massacre Rocks State Park, Idaho
Gandamak Massacre	64	Gandamak, Afghanistan	1842 Jan 13	UK vs. Insurgents
1830-1839 (4 tragedies)
Cherokee Trail of Tears	4,000	Tennessee-Oklahoma, USA	1838 Winter	President Andrew Jackson	New Echota Historic Site, Georgia
Battle of the Alamo	582-857	San Antonio, Texas, USA	1836 2/23-3/6	Mexico v. Texians	Alamo Mission, San Antonio (unintentional monument)
Texas Revolution	1,700	Texas, USA	1835-1836	Mexico v. Texians	San Jacinto Monument (1939), Houston, Texas, USA
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion	60	Southampton County, VA, USA	1831 Aug 21-22	Slave Nat Turner	Rebecca Vaughan house, Courtland, Virginia, USA
1800-1829 (5 tragedies)
Fort Mims Massacre	500+	Fort Mims, Alabama, USA	1813 Aug 30	Creek Indians	Ft Mims State Hist Site, Tensaw, AL
War of 1812	6,421	USA, Canada & Atlantic	1812-1815	USA v. UK	Monument to the War of 1812, Toronto, Ontario (2008)
Battle of Tippecanoe	113-128	Near Lafayette, Indiana, USA	1811 Nov 7	Indiana Terr. v. Tecumseh	Battlefield monument
American Indian Wars (in the West)	?	West of Mississippi, USA	1811-1924	US Army
Battle of Austerlitz	19,371	Prace, Czech Republic	1805 Dec 2	Opposing Armies	Cairn of Peace/Muzeum Brnenska
1770-1799 (10 tragedies)
Battle of Fallen Timbers	52-73	Maumee, Ohio, USA	1794, Aug 20	US v. Indian Tribes	Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument
Reign of Terror	16-40,000	France	1793-1794	French Mobs	Bastille, Paris, France
Yellow Fever Epidemic	4,000-5,000	Philadelphia, PA, USA	1793 Summer	Nature	Philadelphia Lazaretto (1799)
Whisky Rebellion	None	West. Pennsylvania, USA	1791-1794	Federal Whisky Tax	Bradford House, Washington, PA
Laki Volcanic Eruption	>6,000,000	Iceland + Europe	1783-1784	Nature	?
Gnadenhütten Massacre	96	Gnadenhütten, OH, USA	1782 Mar 8	Pennsylvania Militia	Gnadenhütten Memorial (1872)
Paoli Massacre	400+	Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA	1777 Sep 20-1	British Army	Granite Monument (1877)
American Indian Wars (in the East)	?	East of Mississippi, USA	1775-1842	US Army
American Revolutionary War	96,774	USA	1775-1783	USA+France v. UK etc.	Washington Monument, Washington, DC
Boston Massacre	5	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	1770 Mar 5	British troops	Crispus Attucks Monument, Boston, MA
1700-1769 (5 tragedies)
Conestoga Massacre	20	Lancaster County, PA, USA	1763 Dec 14/27	Paxton Boys (mob)	"Indian Burial Ground" (no remains)
Pontiac's Rebellion	c.650-1,950	Great Lakes region	1763	British v. Chief Pontiac	Council Point Park, Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
Battle of the Plains of Abraham	174	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	1759 Sep 13	British v. French	Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Battle of Ticonderoga	5	Fort Carillon, New York, USA	1759 Jul 26-7	British v. French	Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, New York, USA
Battle of Culloden	1,550-2,050	Near Inverness, Scotland	1746 Apr 16	British v. Jacobites	Memorial cairn (1881), Culloden Moor
1600-1699 (5 tragedies)
Salem Witch Hangings	19	Massachusetts, USA	1692-1693	Public histeria	Salem Witch Museum, Salem, MA
Massacre of Glencoe	38	Glencoe, Scotland	1692 Feb 13	Govt troops (Campbells)	Glencoe Monument (McDonalds)
Great Fire of London	6 plus	London, England	1666 Sep 2-5	Tho. Farriner Bakery	Monument by Christopher Wren
English Civil War	211,000	England	1642-1651	King Charles v. Parliament	Statue of Oliver Cromwell (1899), Westminster, London
Great Colonial Hurricane	46+	New England, USA	1635 August	Nature	Antony Thacher's Monument, Thacher Island, MA
1500-1599 (6 tragedies)
St. Bartholomew's Massacre	5-30,000	Paris, France	1572 Aug-Sep	Roman Catholic mobs	Various paintings
Fort Caroline Massacre	Hundreds	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	1565 Sep 29	Spanish v. French	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Massacre of Vassy	80+	Wassy, Haute-Marne, France	1562 Mar 1	Francis, Duc de Guise	Huguenot Memorial Museum, South Africa
Battle of Cajamarca	>2,005	Cajamarca, Inca Empire, Peru	1532 Nov 16	Pizarro v. Inca Empire	Ransom Room of Emperor Atahualpa, Cajamarca, Peru
Conquest of Tenochtitlan	220,450+	Tenochtitlan, Mexico	1521 5/26-8/13	Cortés v. Aztec Empire	Temple site, Mexico City, Mexico
Atlantic Slave Trade	8,000,000	West Africa & at sea	1500-1860's	Europeans	Click here for many monuments
1-1500 (6 tragedies)
Murder of Prisoners	100,000	Delhi, India	1398	Timur (Tamerlane)	Gur-e Amir Tomb, Samarkand
Black Death (Plague)	100,000,000	Europe	1347-1351	Rats	Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Massacres of Jews	Unknown	Rhineland, Germany	1096	Crusaders	?
Norman Conquest of England	???	England	1066	Norman French	Bayeux Tapestry, Bayeux, France
Battle of Tours	c.13,100	Near Poitiers-Tours, France	732 Oct	Franks v. Arabs	Tomb of Charles Martel, Saint-Denis, France
Seige of Masada	936	Judean Desert, Israel	73 CE	Israel v. Rome	Masada National Park
Crucifixtion of Jesus+2 thieves	3	Golgotha, Jerusalem, Israel	33 Apr 3?	Romans	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Before the Christian Era (1)
Pillage of Carthage	150,000	Carthage, Tunisia	146 BCE	Roman Empire	Ruins of Carthage, Tunisia

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