by tjb | Jul 22, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (2012-Connecticut) The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered the school and killed 20 first-grade children and 6 educators after...
by tjb | Jul 15, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Ford Pinto Litigation (1970s-1980s) The Ford Pinto litigation arose after a series of rear-end collisions in which the fuel tanks of Ford Pinto automobiles ruptured, causing fires that resulted in severe injuries and fatalities. The lawsuits, and the subsequent...
by tjb | Jul 8, 2026 | Author's Posts
The New London School Explosion (1937-Texas) The New London School explosion remains one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history. On March 18, 1937, natural gas leaking beneath the school ignited, causing a massive explosion that destroyed much of the...
by tjb | Jul 1, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Comet Jet Crashes (1954) The 1954 crashes of the de Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jet airliner, were a major setback in aviation history. Several Comet aircraft broke apart in flight, killing all aboard. Investigators eventually determined...
by tjb | Jun 24, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed U.S.- backed attempt in April 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro by landing a force of Cuban exiles on Cuba’s southern coast. The invasion collapsed within three days. Most of the invading force...
by tjb | Jun 17, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Jonestown Massacre The Jonestown Massacre was a mass murder-suicide that occurred on November 18,1978, at the Jonestown settlement in Guyana. More than 900 members of the Peoples Temple died after being ordered by cult leader Jim Jones to drink a cyanide-laced...
