Page 8: Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1961  Seventh cholera pandemic in Worldwide   

1966  Canadian Pacific DC-8 explodes on landing at Tokyo, killing 64 people, including 18 Canadians   

1968  louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73   

1968  Hong Kong flu in Worldwide killing 1-4 million people   

1970  bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people   

1970  bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people   

1971  mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage.   

1972  outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia killing 35 people   

1972  London flu in United States killing 1,027 people   

1973  Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people   

1973  an earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people.   

1974  smallpox epidemic of India in India killing 15,000 people   

1975  a strong earthquake rocks Guatemala and Honduras, killing more than 22,000 people.   

1975  Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

1975  typhoon Nina in China killing 229,000 people   

1975  typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure in China killing 229,000 people   

1976  swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing   

1976  Tangshan earthquake in China killing 655,000 people   

1976  Tangshan earthquake in China killing 242,769-655,000 people   

1978  Pacific Western Airlines aircraft crashes at Cranbrook, killing 43 people; snowplow on runway during PWA jet's landing   

1979  hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people   

1980  World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated   

1980  El Asnam earthquake in Algeria killing 5,000 people   

1981  HIV/AIDS pandemic in Worldwide killing 32 million+ people   

1981  golbaf earthquake in Iran killing 3,000 people   

1982  north Yemen earthquake in Yemen killing 2,800 people   

1983  A Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard   

1983  Erzurum earthquake in Turkey killing 1,342 people   

1984  typhoon Ike in Philippines killing 1,474 people   

1985  Armero tragedy in Colombia killing 23,000 people   

1986  a private plane collides with an Aeromexico jet over Cerritos, CA, killing 82 people.Aug 31,   

1986  Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon killing 1,746 people   

1987  Torrential rains and mudslides in Tajikistan, Soviet Union, destroy dam, killing 19 people and leaving nine others missing   

1987  Ecuador earthquakes in Ecuador killing 5,000 people   

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