Today in Strangeness

Two record-breaking disasters occurred on the date of March 27th. In 1964, the ' Good Friday Earthquake' killed 131 people in Alaska. Lasting almost five minutes, it was the most powerful recorded quake in U.S. history-- 8.4 on the Richter scale. In 1977, two 747s collided on a foggy runway in the Canary Islands in the worst accident in aviation history-- 583 died. source>>>

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