Significant Human Tragedies
grouped by selected themes

= 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
= Aviation vulnerability

9/11 World Trade Center

Human Tragedy	Deaths	Place	Date	Cause	Principal Memorial (Some are unintentional.)
Aviation vulnerability
Metrojet Flight 9268	224	Sinai Peninsula, Egypt	2015 Oct 31	Islamic State
Germanwings Flight 9525	150	French Alps	2015 Mar 24	Andreas Lubitz's suicide
TransAsia Airways Flight 235	43	Taipei, Taiwan	2015 Feb 4	Human error?
			Start of 2015
AirAsia Flight 8501	162	Java Sea near Borneo	2014 Dec 28	Computer malfunction
Malaysia Airways Flight 17	298	Hrabove, Donetsk, Ukraine	2014 Jul 17	Pro-Russian militants?
Malaysia Airways Flight 370	239	Indian Ocean	2014 Mar 8	Pilot or co-pilot?
			Start of 2014
"2nd Katyn Massacre"	96	Smolensk, Russia	2010 Apr 10	Fog. Also pilot error?	Burials in Poland
Underwear Bomber	None	NW flt 253 (Amsterdam-Detroit)	2009 Dec 25	Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Air France flight 447	228	Atlantic Ocean	2009 Jun 1	Aerodynamic stall	"Air France 447: Vanished" (2013 TV documentary)
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
2,823	New York City, New York, USA	2001 Sep 11	Al-Qaeda	9/11 Memorial & Museum, New York City, NY, USA
			Start of 2001
EgyptAir flight 990	217	Atlantic off Nantucket, USA	1999 Oct 31	First Officer's suicide	Granite memorial, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Crash of USAF Boeing CT-43	35	Dubrovnik, Croatia	1996 Apr 3	Pilot error	Graves of Ron Brown & Charles Meissner
UTA flight 772	170	Niger (Brazzaville-Paris)	1989 Sep 19	Islamic Jihad	Memorial of victims' families, Ténéré Desert, Niger (2007)
Pan Am flight 103	270	Lockerbie, Scotland, UK	1988 Dec 22	Libya with A. al-Megrahi	Memorial Cairn, Arlington National Cemetery, VA, USA
Pan Am flight 73	20	Karachi, Pakistan	1986 Sep 5	Abu Nidal Organization
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
			Start of 1985
Korean Airlines flight 007	269	Sea of Japan	1983 Sep 1	Russian Air Force	Tower of Prayer, Cape Soya, Japan
Air Florida Flight 90	78	Potomac River, Wash, DC, USA	1982 Aug 13	Improper deicing	Arland D Williams Jr Memorial Bridge
KLM/PanAm Collision	583	Tenerife, Canary Islands	1977 Mar 27	Runway confusion	Intl Memorial, Mount Mesa Mota
Crash of United Nations DC-6	16	Ndola, Zambia	1961 Sep 18	Congolese factions	Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial
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
Excessive Force by Police
Shooting of Q.LeGrier & Bettie Jones	2	Chicago, Illinois, USA	2015 Dec 26	Chicago police
Shooting of Mario Woods	1	San Francisco, California, USA	2015 Dec 2	5 San Francisco policemen?
Shooting of Jamar ONeal Clark	1	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	2015 Nov 15	Minneapolis Police
"Suicide" of Sandra Bland	1	Waller County, Texas, USA	2015 July 13	State &/or county police
Death of Freddy Gray	1	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	2015 Apr 19	Baltimore Police
			Start of 2015
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
Choaking of Eric Garner	1	Staten Island, NY City, NY	2014 Jul 17	Police Ofcr Daniel Pantaleo
			Start of 2014
Gun Violence in USA
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)
Umpqua ComCollege shooting	10	Roseburg, Oregon, USA	2015 Oct 1	Christopher Harper-Mercer
Lafayette theater shooting	2 +1	Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	2015 Jul 23	John Russell Houser	Grand 16 Movie Theater (unintentional monument)
Marine Corps shootings	6	Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA	2015 July 16	Muhammad Y. Abdulazeez
AME Church shooting	9	Charleston, South Carolina, USA	2015 June 17	Dylann Roof	Confederate flag removal at SC State House
Waco Restaurant Shootout	9	Twin Peaks Rest., Waco, Texas	2015 May 17	Motorcycle gangs	Twin Peaks Restaurant (unintentional monument)
			Start of 2015
Shooting of 2 Police Officers	2	Brooklyn, NY City, NY, USA	2014 Dec 20	Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley
Isla Vista shootings	6 +1	Isla Vista, California, USA	2014 May 23	Elliot Rodger
			Start of 2014
Navy Yard Shooting	13	Washington, DC, USA	2013 Sep 16	Aaron Alexis
			Start of 2013
Sandy Hook School 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)
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
			Start of 2012
Gabrielle Giffords shooting	6	Tucson, Arizona, USA	2011 Jan 8	Jared Lee Loughner	Safeway Supermarket, Casas Adobes, Arizona
Fort Hood Shooting	13	Fort Hood, Texas, USA	2009 Nov 5	Major Nidal Malik Hasan	Memorial by Troy Kelley (donations being sought)
Unitarian Church shooting	2	TVUUC, Knoxville, Tennessee	2008 Jul 27	Jim David Adkisson	McKendry Fellowship Hall, TVUUC, Knoxville, TN
Virginia Tech Massacre	33	Blacksburg, Virginia, USA	2007 Apr 16	Seung-Hui Cho	Hokie Stone Semicircle, Blacksburg, Virginia
INCOMPLETE		INCOMPLETE	BEFORE 2007
Imperial Japan
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
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
Osaka Air Raids	>10,000	Osaka, Japan	1945 Feb-Aug	USA	Osaka International Peace Center, Osaka
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
Battle of Attu	3,399+	Attu, Aleutian Islands, AK, USA	1943 May 11-30	USA	Japanese Peace Monument (titanium)
Bataan Death March	6-11,000	Bataan Peninsula, Philippines	1942	Imperial Japan	Friendship Tower of Bagac
Doolittle Raid Retaliation	250,000	Zhejiang & Jiangxi, China	1942 May-Sep	Imperial Japan	?
Doolittle Air Raid	61	Tokyo & 5 other cities, Japan	1942 Apr 18	US Army Air Corps	National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
Sinking of "Prince of Wales"	327	South China Sea, off Kuantan	1941 Dec 10	Japanese bombers	?
Pearl Harbor Air Raid	2,452	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	1941 Dec 7	Imperial Japan	USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Sinking of "HMS Repulse"	508	South China Sea, off Kuantan	1941 Dec 10	Japanese bombers	"Protected Place"
Rape of Nanking	300,000	Nanjing, China	1937 Dec	Imperial Japan	Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
Japanese Comfort Women	15-300,000	Japan & SE Asia	1932-1945	Japanese Imperial Army	Monuments in South Korea & USA
Muslim Involvement
Boko Haram attack	52	Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria	2015 Dec 28	Boko Haram
Holiday party shootings	14 +2	San Bernadino, California, USA	2015 Dec 2	Syed Farook+Tashfeen Malik	Inland Regional Center (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
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
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
Ankara bombings	102 +2	Central RR Sta, Ankara, Turkey	2015 Oct 10	Islamic State?
Mina Stampede during Hajj	c.2,420	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia	2015 Sep 24	Panic & bad public safety
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 bombings	53 +3	N'Djamena, Chad	2015 Jun-Jul	Boko Haram
Migrant Shipwrecks	>1,200	Mediterranean Sea	2015 Apr 13-20	Migrant Smugglers
Garissa Univ College attack	147	Garissa, Kenya	2015 Apr 2	Al-Shabaab
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
			Start of 2015
Attack on Army School	148	Peshawar, Pakistan	2014 Dec 16	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
ISIS Beheadings	100+	Syria	2014 Jul-2015	Islamic State
Gaza War	c2,200	Gaza Strip, Palestine	2014 Jul-Aug	Israel & Hamas	Rocket debris sculpture in Sderot, Israel
Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping	None	Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria	2014 Apr 14-5	Boko Haram	Govt. Secondary School (unintentional monument)
			Start of 2014
Westgate Shopping Mall	72+	Nairobi, Kenya	2013 Sep 21-24	Al-Shabaab	Damaged mall (unintentional monument)
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
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
			Start of 2013
US Consulate Attack 9/11	14	Benghazi, Libya	2012 Sep 11	Terrorists	Grave of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Grass Valley, CA
			Start of 2012
Killing of Osama bin Laden	5	Compound, Abbottabad, Pakistan	2011 May 2	US Navy Seals
Itamar Massacre	5	Itamar Settlement, West Bank	2011 Mar 11	Two Palestinians	?
Domodedovo Airport bomb	35	Intl Airport, Moscow, Russia	2011 Jan 24	Suicide bomber
			Start of 2011
"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
			Start of 2010
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)
			Start of 2009
Mumbai terrorist attack	165	Mumbai, India	2008 Nov 26	Lashkar-e-Taiba	26/11 tablet in lobby of long distance trains section
			Start of 2008
Mumbai train bombings	209	Western Railroad, Mumbai, India	2006 Jul 11	Lashkar-e-Taiba?	Obilisk in one of the 7 bombed stations
			Start of 2006
Muhammad Cartoons	100 plus	Jyullands-Posten, Denmark	2005 Sep 30	Various Muslims	Office of Jylands-Posten Daily, Copenhagen
7/7 London Bombings	56	London, England	2005 Jul 7	4 British Muslims	7/7 Memorial, Hyde Park, London
			Start of 2005
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
			Start of 2004
Darfur Genocide	400,000	Darfur, Sudan	2003 Feb-Now	Janjaweed
			Start of 2003
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	?
			Start of 2002
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
			Start of 2001
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
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
INCOMPLETE		INCOMPLETE	BEFORE 1998
Battle of Mogadishu	220-520	Mogadishu, Somalia	1993 Oct 3-4	Somali militiamen	Airborne & Special Operations Museum, Fort Bragg, NC
UTA flight 772	170	Niger (Brazzaville-Paris)	1989 Sep 19	Islamic Jihad	Memorial of victims' families, Ténéré Desert, Niger (2007)
Pan Am flight 103	270	Lockerbie, Scotland, UK	1988 Dec 22	Libya with A. al-Megrahi	Memorial Cairn, Arlington National Cemetery, VA, USA
First Intifada	2,204	Palestine & Israel	1987/12-1993/9	Palestinians (PUNLU)	Various monuments
Pan Am flight 73	20	Karachi, Pakistan	1986 Sep 5	Abu Nidal Organization
Discothèque bombing	3	Berlin, Germany	1986 Apr 5	Libya	Memorial plaque on La Belle discothèque
Native American History
Pine Ridge Shootout	3	Pine Ridge IR, South Dakota, USA	1975 Jun 26	AIM v. FBI	"The Leonard Peltier Story" (1992 documentary)
Wounded Knee Incident	2	Pine Ridge IR, South Dakota, USA	1973 2/27-5/8	AIM v. US Marshalls	"Thurderheart" (1992 film)
Murders by Military Government	434+8,300	Brazil	1964-1985	Military Government	"Tortura Nunca Mais/Torture Never Again," Recife
Wounded Knee Massacre	c.325	Pine Ridge IR, South Dakota, USA	1890 Dec 29	US Army	National Historic Landmark
2nd Riel Rebellion	125	Saskatchewan, Canada	1885 Spring	Province vs. Métis	Bell of Batoche (taken to Ontario & lost)
Battle of Little Big Horn	263	Crow Agency, Montana, USA	1876 Jun 25-6	US Army v. Indians	Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument
Sioux Uprising	300-800	Minnesota, USA	1862 Aug-Sep	Sioux Indians	Reconciliation Park, Mankato, MN
Massacre of Pioneers	400 less	Great Plains, USA	1842-1859	Plains Indians	Massacre Rocks State Park, Idaho
Fort Mims Massacre	500+	Fort Mims, Alabama, USA	1813 Aug 30	Creek Indians	Ft Mims State Hist Site, Tensaw, AL
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 Fallen Timbers	52-73	Maumee, Ohio, USA	1794, Aug 20	US v. Indian Tribes	Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument
Gnadenhütten Massacre	96	Gnadenhütten, Ohio, USA	1782 Mar 8	Pennsylvania Militia	Gnadenhütten Memorial (1872)
American Indian Wars (in the East)	?	East of Mississippi, USA	1775-1842	US Army
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 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
Natural Disasters
Hindu Kush Earthquake	398	Afghanistan & Pakistan	2015 Oct 26	Nature
Nepal Earthquake	8,964	Kathmandu, Nepal	2015 Apr 25	Nature
Oso Mudslide	43	Oso, Washington, USA	2014 Mar 22	Nature	Memorial mailed to tree by rescue workers
Ebola Epidemic	3,000+++	West Africa	2013 Dec-2014	Nature	None so far
Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda	10,000+	Phillipines	2013 Nov 6-8	Nature
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
Super Storm Sandy	285	NJ, NY, 6 other countries	2012 Oct 22-31	Nature
Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami	27,786	Sendai, Japan	2011 Mar 14	Nature	Kobe "Light of Hope"
Christchurch Earthquake	181	Christchurch, New Zealand	2011 Feb 22	Nature	Christchurch Cathedral (unintentional monument)
"2nd Katyn Massacre"	96	Smolensk, Russia	2010 Apr 10	Fog. Also pilot error?	Burials in Poland
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
Swine Flu (H1N1)	100+	Mexico+World	2009 Apr	Nature	?
Great Sichuan Earthquake	69,000+	Sichuan, China	2008 May 12	Nature+Bad Buildings	Beichuan National Earthquake Ruins Museum
Great Pakistan Earthquake	79,000+	Kashmir, Pakistan	2005 Oct 8	Nature+Bad Buildings
Hurricane Katrina	1,836	New Orleans etc., USA	2005 Aug 29	Nature	Katrina Memorial, Biloxi, MS
Indian Ocean Tsunami	230,210	Indonesia & other nations	2004 Dec 26	Nature	Khao-lak Lamru Nat Pk, Thailand
INCOMPLETE		INCOMPLETE	BEFORE 2004
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun suicides	2	Führerbunker, Berlin, Germany	1945 Apr 30	Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun	Information board at Führerbunker site
Dresden Air Raid	24-40,000	Dresden, Germany	1945 Feb 13	UK+USA	Monument to Memory of WW-II, Dresden
Marzabotto Massacre	770	Monte Sole, Italy	1944 Oct	Waffen SS	Peace School Foundation, Monte Sole, Italy
Epuration sauvage	9,000	France	1944	France	?
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
Operation Gomorrah	50,000	Hamburg, Germany	1943 Jul 24+	UK (Royal Air Force)	Nikolaikirche, Hamburg
Holocaust (Netherlands)	101,800	Netherlands	1942-1945	Nazi Germany	Memorial Center Camp Westerbork
Holocaust or Shoah (Genocide)	6,000,000	Nazi Germany & Europe	1941-1945	Nazi Germany	US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Lidice Massacre	c.340	Lidice, Czech Republic	1942 Jun 10	Nazi Germany	Phillips, Wisconsin (1944) & Lidice (c.1995)
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
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
Warsaw Ghetto	3-400,000	Warsaw, Poland	1940/10-1943/5	Nazi Germany	___, Warsaw
Auschwitz Concentration Camp	1,100,000+	Auschwitz, Poland	1940/5-1945/1	Nazi Germany	Auschwitz Concentration Camp (unintentional monument)
Voyage of the "MS St. Louis"	254	Atlantic Ocean	1939 5/13-6/17	Nazis, Cuba, USA	Florida Holocaust Museum, St Petersburg, FL, USA
Kristallnacht	91	Germany+Austria	1938 Nov 9-10	Nazi Germany	Kristallnacht Memorial, Austria
Unjust Nazi Executions	3,000	Plöetzensee Prison, Berlin	1933-1945	Nazi Germany	Plöetzensee Memorial, Berlin
Burning of the Reichstag	?	Berlin, Germany	1933 Feb 27	?
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)

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