1877: More than 2,500 people die in an earthquake centered off the coast of Peru.
1977: Thirty-three people die when fire destroys the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam.
1980: Thirty-five people die when a freighter hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. The victims are in six cars and a bus passing over the bridge.
1987: In Warsaw, Poland, 183 people die when a LOT airliner crashes on takeoff.
1992: In Nova Scotia, Canada, 26 workers die in a methane explosion at the Westray Mine.
1977: Thirty-three people die when fire destroys the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam.
1980: Thirty-five people die when a freighter hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. The victims are in six cars and a bus passing over the bridge.
1987: In Warsaw, Poland, 183 people die when a LOT airliner crashes on takeoff.
1992: In Nova Scotia, Canada, 26 workers die in a methane explosion at the Westray Mine.
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