Katrina also killed at least 1,833 people in the time that it took to cross most of eastern North America. Hurricane Charley formed on August 9, 2004 caused $16.3 billion in damages and killed about 35 people. Hurricane Ike formed September 1, 2008 and ended on September 14, 2008. Hurricane Ike caused up to $37.6 billion in damage and killed 195 people in just 13 days. The difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and a cyclone is the
Since the Civil War more than 1.1 million veterans, both women and men, have lost their lives in service to America. Indeed the Civil War alone accounted for more than 600,00 dead. On Memorial Day I had the opportunity to witness a memorial in San Francisco, aboard a submarine, the USS Pampanito, a submarine that was used in WWII and Korea. The United States submarine service suffered the highest percentage of casualties than any other of the services that served in WWII. They also sank over 55% of all Japanese shipping sunk in WWII.
In 1884, Mr. Pinkerton passed away and his sons took over the business. During the 1890’s the agency had about 2,000 agents and it actually made the state of Ohio feel unsafe because they had anywhere from 20 to 30,000 reserves(smaller agents) working for them and they thought it could be a possible army or a small mob. From the first office to the early 1990’s there were about 20 offices opened all around the world. In the late 1960s there were a total of 45 offices and a main office in New York City. There was a fire in Chicago’s business district which burned down the offices and main office.
One shot entered his upper back, penetrated his neck, and exited his throat. (9) Lee Harvey Oswald was captured less than two hours after the assassination for allegedly killing a police officer, later that evening he was charged with the murder of President Kennedy and Mr. Tippit the police officer. (6) Oswald's case never made it to trial because two days later, while being transferred to Dallas County Jail, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. The official investigation was established by President Johnson on November 29th 1963, exactly one week after the assassination.
Many Africans refused to eat or jumped overboard, committing suicide. In the Middle Passage alone, it is estimated as many as eight million slaves died. African slaves are closely watched on board The third and final stage of the Triangular Trade involved the return to Europe. Ships returned with goods from the plantations such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco. However, before these goods were loaded on the ship, an entire cleaning of the ships took place.
How far do you agree that ww1 was the main reason for the fall of the Tsar in March 1917 ? WW1 – Military Issues * Battle of Tannenburg August 1914 May - Dec 30,000 were killed or injured and 95,000 captured 500 guns captured, Germany only lost 20,000 people loss of morale ill-equipped = limited guns, shared guns food shortages – loss of famers 2200 railway wagons per month 1914, 1916 = 300 * Loss of Battle meant that the Russians had been driven out of Poland led Tsar Nicholas II to make a disastrous decisions took responsibility for Russia’s military fortunes on the Eastern Front he was away at the Front he left the government to be run by German wife (and Rasputin) army is no longer loyal he was blamed for failures of the war – taken direct control of military “Tsar Nicolas II is not fit to run a village post office” WW1 – Social Impacts * Already backward economy food shortages * To finance war they had to increase taxes, loads and borrowing money from GB and Fr printed money to pay for war prices rising over 200% between August 1914 and Xmas 1916 hyperinflation – effects the public savings (pensions) worthless hundreds of factories were closed, and thousands were put out of work (unemployment levels high). -not only were the Russians starving and poor, but some were also living without any income. shortage of fuel and coal, leaving the people cold and hungry Lack of Reforms * Very repressive with Russia, and greatly believed in his "divine right" to rule * Dumas – 4, first closed after 73 days, allowed political freedom but fundamental law ‘Duma of public anger’ * Third Duma named ‘Duma of Lords and Lackeys and did nothing After the first Duma was disbanded due to its radical ideologies Stoylpin and the Tsar decided to change and the Duma’s were run until it got to the point in
* Stolypin met the terror with terror, 1144 death sentences were handed out in the period between October 1906 and May 1907. * Between 1906 and 1912 a thousand newspapers ceased publication and six hundred trade unions were forced to close. * During 1908 and 1909 the courts convicted 16,500 of political crimes of which 3600 were sentenced to death and 4,500 to hard labour in prison camps. * In 1908 political assassinations by revolutionaries had fallen to 365. Reform: * How and why did Stolypin try to reform agriculture?
Loma Prieta 1989 Case Study: After seventy years of low earthquake activity since the 1906 earthquake, there were three earthquakes measuring Magnitude 6 on the Richter scale between 1979 and 1984, followed by the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake on 17 October 1989, which: * measured Magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale * was centred on the San Andreas Fault near Santa Cruz * lasted only 15 seconds * moved some areas 92 centimetres forward along the fault * killed 67 people, mainly in the collapse of the double storey Interstate 880 freeway * injured almost 4 000 people * destroyed or damaged over 18 000 homes and made 14 000 people homeless * started fires from broken gas pipes which raged in some districts. Causes: San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary where the continental North American plate and the Oceanic Pacific plate are grinding slowly sideways past each other, creating massive strain in the earth's crust. This stress is released as earthquakes. Eventually the stress and strain becomes too great along the fault and the stress is suddenly released. The rocks along the fault move forward at great speed and 'catch up' with the surrounding crust between the faults.
American forces came the same day of the revolt. Dachu Death March April 26, 1945, 7,000 prisoners were forced on a death march going to Tegernsee. The march lasted 6 days, the march was liberated on April 9th. During those 6 days more than 2,000 prisoners died from either the elements, or were shot by German guards. Slawa Death March On January 20, 1945, approximately 1,000 Jewish prisoners were evacuated from Slawa camp in upper Silesia, western Poland, a region annexed to Germany.
border of those attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico without authorization from the Federal government of the United States. The number of deaths has steadily increased since the middle 1990s with exposure (including heat stroke, dehydration, and hyperthermia) being the leading cause. According to the United States Border Patrol, 1,954 people died crossing the U.S–Mexico border between the years 1998-2004. In the fiscal year ending September 29, 2004, 460 migrants died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2005, more than 500 died across the entire U.S.-Mexico border.