At the time , it was the most powerful artificial explosion in history .

At the time , Flight 981 was the deadliest plane crash in aviation history until 27 March 1977 , when 583 people perished Death in the collision of two Boeing 747s in Tenerife .

The India–China airlift delivered Sending approximately 650,000 tons of materiel to China at great cost Cost in men and aircraft during its 42-month history .

fine gael formed Coming_to_be a coalition government with the labour party Social_event , led by eamon gilmore , who had achieved Achieve their highest number of seats in the party 's history .

Fianna Fáil secured Getting 20 seats , the lowest in the party 's history , and was the largest party in opposition .

Tickets sold Commerce_sell out in less than one minute for the event , making it Causation the fastest ticket sell-out in the company 's history as well as the fastest ticket sell-out at Staples Center .

The incident Attack is now widely believed by many to be a turning Change point in the nation 's history as the future of both the Islamists and Egypt 's stability remain Temporary_stay shadowed and unclear with several violent clashes Attack and other bombings Attack taking place Process_start across the country following its ban .

Muslim brotherhood members claim Statement 2,600 Human rights watch documented Statement 817 deaths Death , calling Name_conferral it 'one of the world 's largest killings Killing of demonstrators in a single day in recent history ' , while the government puts Communication the figure at 624 .

The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) has called Name_conferral the Maguindanao massacre Killing the single deadliest event for journalists in history .

It was the deadliest Killing train accident within New York City since a 1991 subway derailment in lower Manhattan , and the first accident in Metro-North 's history to result in passenger fatalities .

For the second consecutive year there were three equine fatalities during the race Competition , taking Causation the number of fatalities in the history of the race to eight and leading to Causation heavy criticism in the press .

The rebellion , which got Getting its name from the colour of the cloths that the rebels wore Wearing on their heads , marked Recording an important point in the history of Taoism due to the rebels ' association Collaboration with secret Taoist societies .

Due to the large number of injuries Bodily_harm , rounds fired Use_firearm , weapons used Using , and overall length of the shootout Hostile_encounter , it is regarded Judgment_communication as one of the most intense gun battles Hostile_encounter in U.S. police history .

the missing persons inquiry Criminal_investigation which followed was one of the largest in the history of west yorkshire police Patrolling , involving Cause_to_be_included the search Scrutiny of around 1,750 buildings Building , underwater searches Scrutiny of thirty-two drainage Emptying wells , the draining Emptying of a two-mile section of canal and the halting Hindering of household waste collections .

Pope John Paul 's funeral brought Bringing together what was , at the time , the single largest gathering Come_together in history of heads of state outside the United Nations , surpassing the 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill , only to be surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the funeral of former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela in December 2013 .

It is likely to have been one of the largest single gatherings Come_together of Christianity in history , with numbers estimated in excess of four million mourners gathering Come_together in Rome alone .

The burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal was an important event in pre-Confederation Canadian history and occurred Presence on the night of April 25 , 1849 , in Montreal in the Province of Canada .

The find was unprecedented in its size ( worldwide ) and ushered in Bringing an age of rapid regional development and industrialization that has few parallels Forming_relationships in U.S. history .

With a total of 270 people killed Killing , it is the deadliest terror attack Attack in the history of the United Kingdom .

The Siege of Sarajevo was the siege Besieging of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the longest of a capital city in the history of modern warfare .

The episode is seen Know as one of the worst miscarriages Legal_rulings of justice in British legal Legality history .

This represents one of the largest mass arrest Arrest of civilians since at least the Second World War Hostile_encounter , possibly one of the biggest in English legal history .

The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in Washington state history , with more than burning across the state from June to September .

Because of the enormous extent of the fire Attack activity , for the first time in Washington state history , officials asked Request residents to volunteer to assist Assistance in fighting the wildfires .

On August 24 , the Washington Department of Natural Resources announced Expressing_publicly the Okanogan Complex fire Attack had become Becoming the largest fire complex in Washington State history .

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources called Statement the season the `` worst-ever '' in the state 's history .

Until the September 11 , 2001 attacks , the Oklahoma City bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack Attack in the history of the United States , and remains the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in the country 's history .

Until the September 11 , 2001 attacks , the Oklahoma City bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack Attack in the history of the United States , and remains the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in the country 's history .

It was also a watershed moment in military history .

Financial support and foreign investments stopped Preventing_or_letting , and the country fell Motion_directional into one of the worst economic crises in its history .

In doing so , Australia recorded Recording only the third 5–0 Ashes whitewash in history .

at the time , the wreck was the deadliest in amtrak 's history .

Gonzalo struck Attack Bermuda less than a week after the surprisingly fierce Fay ; 2014 was the first season in recorded Recording history to feature two hurricane Catastrophe landfalls in Bermuda .

it was the only fatal Killing accident Catastrophe for adam air in the company 's 5-year history .

According to the FBI , the ensuing investigation became Becoming `` one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement '' .

It was the largest rescue operation Military_operation of American Airmen in history .

The match is considered to be one of the most dramatic conclusions to a league season in the history of the English game , and is sometimes seen Change_sentiment as the starting point of a renaissance in English football .

France won the final Competition against Qatar 25–22 to win Earnings_and_losses their fifth title , a first in handball history while Qatar won their first ever medal .

For the first time in Paralympic history , and the first time in the Olympics or Paralympics since 1960 , an athlete—Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad—died during competition Competition .

The history of Derby County Football Club from 1967 to the present Presence covers Hiding_objects the major events Social_event in the history of the club from Brian Clough assuming control Control in 1967 up until the 2017-18 season .

The history of Derby County Football Club from 1967 to the present Presence covers Hiding_objects the major events Social_event in the history of the club from Brian Clough assuming control Control in 1967 up until the 2017-18 season .

Tasmania 's rich history of food and wines are also a focal point during this event .

With all 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard presumed dead , the disappearance of Flight 370 was the deadliest incident involving Participation a Boeing 777 and the deadliest in Malaysia Airlines ' history , until it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in both regards by Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that was shot down Use_firearm while flying Self_motion over eastern Ukraine , four months later .

The search Scrutiny for the missing airplane , which became Becoming the most costly in aviation history , focused Aiming initially on the South China and Andaman seas , before analysis of the aircraft 's automated communications with an Inmarsat satellite identified Check a possible crash site somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean .

`` Time '' magazine characterized Statement it as `` the worst terrorist attack Attack in Israel 's history . ''

The Estadio Nacional disaster Catastrophe of 24 May 1964 ( also known as the Lima football disaster Catastrophe ) is , to date , the worst disaster Catastrophe in association football history .

The war was the greatest calamity in seventeenth-century New England and is considered by many to be the deadliest war in Colonial American history .

The Sack of Amorium by the Abbasid Caliphate in mid-August 838 was one of the major events Social_event in the long history of the Arab–Byzantine Wars .

The raids Attack were described Statement by Human Rights Watch as `` one of the world 's largest killings Killing of demonstrators in a single day in recent history '' .

On 2 Shawwal , Castilian warriors landed in Salé and took Conquering the opportunity to perform Action the largest massacre Killing in the history of the city .