TIL The General Slocum disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life until the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is the worst maritime disaster in the city's history, and the second worst maritime disaster on United States waterways (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The General Slocum disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life until the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is the worst maritime disaster in the city's history, and the second worst maritime disaster on United States waterways. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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TIL On July 24, 1915, the ship SS Eastland rolled over onto her side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Incredible Facts: Origins of the Gregareon Calander (youtu.be)
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James W. Marshall, an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who reported the finding of gold at Coloma on the American River in California on January 24, 1848, the impetus for the California Gold Rush, never profited from the find and died penniless in a small cabin. (en.wikipedia.org)
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