Historic Places and Landmarks
Where it happened: the bridges, cities, buildings and landscapes that became the setting for history.
1984
1984 · Nature & Disasters
The Bhopal Gas Disaster
December 3, 19841984
1984 · Politics
Indira Gandhi Is Assassinated in New Delhi
October 31, 19841983
1983 · War & Conflict
Operation Urgent Fury Begins in Grenada
October 25, 19831983
1983 · War & Conflict
Beirut Barracks Bombings: Remembering the Service Members
October 23, 19831980
1980 · Nature & Disasters
The Irpinia Earthquake Strikes Southern Italy
November 23, 19801980
1980 · Nature & Disasters
The MGM Grand Hotel Fire
November 21, 19801979
1979 · War & Conflict
Soviet Forces Attack the Presidential Palace in Kabul
December 27, 19791975
1975 · Nature & Disasters
The Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks in Lake Superior
November 10, 19751973
1973 · Art & Literature
Sydney Opera House Opens After a Difficult Construction
October 20, 19731972
1972 · Politics
Writer Ghassan Kanafani is killed in Beirut
July 8, 19721969
1969 · Politics
Indigenous Activists Begin the Occupation of Alcatraz
November 20, 19691966
1966 · Nature & Disasters