https://www.thoughtco.com/scariest-days-in-america-4151872 (accessed March 2, 2023). It's Friday 13th - allegedly the most cursed day of the calendar and when everything is fated to go wrong. The Aftermath of John F. Kennedy's Assassination, Why Bush and Lincoln Both Suspended Habeas Corpus. Anybody looking for a real Halloween scare now had a big one. These compilations include reports of events such as teleportation, frogs falling from the sky, } 1949: A fire lasting for 18 hours sweeps Chongqing, China, killing over 1000 people. document.links[t].setAttribute('onClick', 'javascript:window.open(\''+all_links.href+'\'); return false;'); The frozen body of tzi "the Iceman" was discovered in 1991 in the tztal Alps on the Austrian-Italian border, some 5,300 years after the Bronze Age man died (probably during an enemy attack). It is not your imagination: By a host of measures, 2020 was the worst year many Americans will have experienced in their lifetimes. 1792:The September Massacres begin during the French Revolution; over the next four days, mobs attack prisons throughout Paris, killing over 1000 prisoners in total. Undeterred, Egyptologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon opened the tomb to worldwide fanfare in 1922. Americans will remember this year by the pandemic that has infected millions of friends, neighbors and family members. Outraged, Sianis reportedly cursed the club with the words, "The Cubs ain't gonna win no more!" And she wants to delay her 11-year prison sentence. Ultimately, the great stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression, a 12-year period of poverty and economic turmoil that would be ended only by new jobs created through the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the industrial ramping up to World War II. The Roswell UFO incident creates a sensation like no other with its speculation of alien activity following a U.S. Army Air Force balloon crash. Longley, Robert. It is one of the two "spirit-nights" each year, ( the. In 1993, The X-Files debuted on television and became a cult classic. The pair squandered their fortune, sold the diamond and were eventually reduced to poverty. function external_links_in_new_windows_loop() { 2013: Eleven people die and 50 others are injured in a hotel fire inXiangyang, China. In January, the entire east coast was on fire, Scott Morrison was being told to fuck off by exhausted firies, and we were getting ready to travel locally in order to help restart the fire-ravaged economies of small towns. 1946: Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta kills 119. Most young men are single. Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. Nearly 3,000 are killed. Almost1 in6 restaurants in the United States are closed, either permanently or for the long term. I am in love with you., I love you, alive girl. New Years Eve wont be a celebration this year, but a defeated, sad limp to the finish line. JOB 17-18. Try visiting creepy places, armed only with flashlights. Units of measurement are not defined; as all the factors involve time, dimensional analysis of the "formula" shows that it violates the fundamental property of dimensional homogeneity and is thus meaningless. And knowing my luck it'd be a house brick.". ThoughtCo. 1881: Triple landslides bury Elm, a village in Switzerland. 2011: A record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours. A mere 13 months after resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through downtown Dallas, Texas. 106 BC), Roman orator and politician assassinated. Why does the school year start in September? // */ Almost 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since March, reversing a years-long trend of falling poverty rates. These personal superstitions are common among people who have dangerous jobs or those that leave a lot to chance, says Mr Roud. Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Starbucks illegally fired workers over union - judge, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US. } Three baboons escaped from the RPA hospital in Sydney and ran rampant in Sydney. 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