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![[VIDEO] Mar. 27, 1964 | Alaska Earthquake Newsreel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uriYLYhZzPg/sddefault.jpg)
[VIDEO] Mar. 27, 1964 | Alaska Earthquake Newsreel
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![Tidal Waves Wreck Business District of Crescent City, California](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ba2983bccadd4d73a88a80840344dd89~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_ba2983bccadd4d73a88a80840344dd89~mv2.webp)
Tidal Waves Wreck Business District of Crescent City, California
![Massive Earthquake Strikes Alaska](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ab7e3042fcf94780beb48764ac9583e6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_ab7e3042fcf94780beb48764ac9583e6~mv2.webp)
Massive Earthquake Strikes Alaska
![🚨At Least 62 Killed in Indiana Coliseum Explosion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_dd60404a1eba40c0b4c6e8041fca50da~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_dd60404a1eba40c0b4c6e8041fca50da~mv2.webp)
🚨At Least 62 Killed in Indiana Coliseum Explosion
![Navy Jet Crashes into Boys’ Camp, 7 Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b35eabce62344627bbc39ac486500440~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_b35eabce62344627bbc39ac486500440~mv2.webp)
Navy Jet Crashes into Boys’ Camp, 7 Dead
![27 Drown in Florida Bus Disaster](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e42cae5f8ef7494d8560188fbd66f2c6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_e42cae5f8ef7494d8560188fbd66f2c6~mv2.webp)
27 Drown in Florida Bus Disaster
![Yetta Wallenda Plunges to Death Before 5,000 Horrified Spectators](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_7f75af4e878b42dcbbeb9e961f095124~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_7f75af4e878b42dcbbeb9e961f095124~mv2.webp)
Yetta Wallenda Plunges to Death Before 5,000 Horrified Spectators
![JFK Hails Lost Men of the Thresher](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_49500c6cb990420182b5a86afc5a66d0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_49500c6cb990420182b5a86afc5a66d0~mv2.webp)
JFK Hails Lost Men of the Thresher
![🚨Submarine Thresher is Lost, 129 Feared Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b70c2321cf4d4698b35e39c0d440e7ed~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_b70c2321cf4d4698b35e39c0d440e7ed~mv2.webp)
🚨Submarine Thresher is Lost, 129 Feared Dead
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![“Texas Ruby” of Grand Ole Opry Dies in Fire](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b729537261d142ffaf8948bc9e3b59c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_b729537261d142ffaf8948bc9e3b59c2~mv2.webp)
“Texas Ruby” of Grand Ole Opry Dies in Fire
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![Over 1,000 Reported Dead in Balinese Volcano](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f30de102c2e641c2bc3b0a6c6eda4252~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_f30de102c2e641c2bc3b0a6c6eda4252~mv2.webp)
Over 1,000 Reported Dead in Balinese Volcano
![Fire Destroys School in Bellport, 55 Injured](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8e51c13ca06146959496b9132a42a959~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_8e51c13ca06146959496b9132a42a959~mv2.webp)
Fire Destroys School in Bellport, 55 Injured
![Air Freighter Crashes in L.A., 4 Bodies Recovered So Far](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b9d969cb4956414fb52397fd759a0fac~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_b9d969cb4956414fb52397fd759a0fac~mv2.webp)
Air Freighter Crashes in L.A., 4 Bodies Recovered So Far
![Plane Crash at Idlewild, 25 Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e89b838510eb41e19ee5efc2410e6991~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_e89b838510eb41e19ee5efc2410e6991~mv2.webp)
Plane Crash at Idlewild, 25 Dead
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![New Book on ’17 Explosion in Canada](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_1089ac8259834971bbd26561fdf62763~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_1089ac8259834971bbd26561fdf62763~mv2.webp)
New Book on ’17 Explosion in Canada
![N.Y.C. Fireman Loses Fiancee in Explosion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_9f3ab0837e584694b9a28210244de7a0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_9f3ab0837e584694b9a28210244de7a0~mv2.webp)
N.Y.C. Fireman Loses Fiancee in Explosion
![Twenty-One Killed in Steam Boiler Explosion at N.Y. Telephone Company](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3771f48ed54c4fe087140c0de1c30071~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_3771f48ed54c4fe087140c0de1c30071~mv2.webp)
Twenty-One Killed in Steam Boiler Explosion at N.Y. Telephone Company
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![Settlement in 1960 Dumbbell Death](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_d6ff64865d5e4004a0706871e7c7d0ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_d6ff64865d5e4004a0706871e7c7d0ce~mv2.webp)
Settlement in 1960 Dumbbell Death
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![Tragedy Hits the Bevington Family](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_abc3b833f53249a09421ab6df7dafc24~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_abc3b833f53249a09421ab6df7dafc24~mv2.webp)
Tragedy Hits the Bevington Family
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![Cause of Paris Plane Crash a Mystery](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c2763fb23bc54501ad48ace6664a6e33~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_c2763fb23bc54501ad48ace6664a6e33~mv2.webp)
Cause of Paris Plane Crash a Mystery