at the time , it was the deadliest mass shooting Use_firearm committed Commitment by a lone gunman in u.s. history , until it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 2016 orlando nightclub shooting Use_firearm .

In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction , it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the period January to May 1945 ; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism , when it served Assistance as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became Becoming a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire ( although it excluded Preventing_or_letting the German-speaking parts of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire ) .

Inflicting nearly $ 70 billion ( 2012 USD ) in damage Damaging , it was the second-costliest hurricane on record Recording in the United States until surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by Hurricanes Harvey and Maria in 2017 .

This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history , and the second-deadliest in New England , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths Death .

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 was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in 1993 , by the wreck at Big Bayou Canot in Alabama that killed Killing 47 and injured Bodily_harm another 103 .

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 .

at the unk ranger station on kauai , of precipitation was observed Know , which was the highest total associated Collaboration with a tropical cyclone on record in the united states , until surpassed Motion_directional by hurricane Catastrophe harvey in 2017 which dumped a maximum of in texas .

It was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale a few months later on the same year when a Yakovlev Yak-42 slammed Motion onto a mountain near Ohrid .

It is considered a Festival Social_event of International Tourist Interest and is one of the largest folk festivals Social_event in terms of number of attendees from all over Europe , having occasionally surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale 100,000 attendees per edition .

In Massachusetts , flood Catastrophe water levels surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale those during the 1938 Long Island hurricane , breaching multiple dams and inundating adjacent towns and roads .

The World Bank 's estimate for this disaster Catastrophe means it ranks as the world 's fourth costliest disaster Catastrophe as of 2011 surpassed only by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe in Japan , Great Hanshin earthquake Catastrophe in 1995 , Forest fires Catastrophe in 1997 , Indian Ocean tsunami Catastrophe in 2004 and Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina in 2005 .

According to the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) , it was the most powerful earthquake Catastrophe ever recorded Recording in Oklahoma ; this record Recording was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 2016 Oklahoma earthquake .

The patriots , which infantry were surpassed Expansion in number and experience by the royalists ' , won in a short battle thanks to the superiority of the republican cavalry .

This made Thelma the deadliest tropical cyclone in Philippine history , surpassing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale a storm in 1867 that killed Killing 1,800 , until later surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by Typhoon Haiyan ( Yolanda ) in 2013 which killed Killing at least 6,300 people .

The crash of Flight 072 remains Presence the deadliest aviation accident in Bahraini territory , and was the deadliest accident involving Participation an Airbus A320 at the time , which was later surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by TAM Airlines Flight 3054 , which crashed Catastrophe on 17 July 2007 with 199 fatalities .

With 28 fatalities and over 100 injured Bodily_harm , it was the deadliest terrorist attack Attack in modern French history until it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the November 2015 Paris attacks Terrorism and the 2016 Nice attack Attack , which killed Killing 130 and 86 people , respectively .

Until surpassed by the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting and the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting , this was the deadliest mass shooting at an American place of worship , alongside a 1991 attack at a Buddhist temple in Waddell , Arizona .

it was regarded Judgment_communication as the highest battle Hostile_encounter in history until it was surpassed in 1999 by the kargil conflict Hostile_encounter at 5,600 m. at the beginning Process_start of 1918 austro-hungarian troops set up Reforming_a_system a fortified position with small artillery pieces on the top of the san matteo peak .

The crash Catastrophe surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident Catastrophe in South American history , and remains the deadliest aviation accident involving Cause_to_be_included the A320 proper worldwide , and the second-deadliest air disaster Catastrophe involving Cause_to_be_included the A320 family , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the bombing Attack of Metrojet Flight 9268 , an A321-231 , which crashed Catastrophe in Egypt in October 2015 with 224 fatalities .

The crash Catastrophe surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident Catastrophe in South American history , and remains the deadliest aviation accident involving Cause_to_be_included the A320 proper worldwide , and the second-deadliest air disaster Catastrophe involving Cause_to_be_included the A320 family , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the bombing Attack of Metrojet Flight 9268 , an A321-231 , which crashed Catastrophe in Egypt in October 2015 with 224 fatalities .

Miroslav Klose scored Getting his 16th career World Cup goal and surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Brazil 's own Ronaldo as the tournament 's all-time record Recording goalscorer .

Runner-up Emmanuel Mutai also surpassed Destroying Kipsang 's old mark , finishing Process_end in 2:03:13 .

it was also air UNK 's deadliest plane crash Catastrophe , until it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale 11 years later by air UNK flight unk , a mcdonnel douglas md-83 which crashed Motion in mali killing Killing all 116 people on board .

the accident Catastrophe was the deadliest plane crash Catastrophe to occur Coming_to_be on algerian soil , until being surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the algerian air force il-76 crash Catastrophe in 2018 .

it also resulted in Causation the country 's worst loss of life caused Causation by a single disaster since the 1979 crash of air new zealand flight 901 , although it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale three months later by the february 2011 christchurch earthquake .

It is the most destructive Destroying hurricane Catastrophe to ever hit Attack Florida/Bahamas in terms of structures damaged Damaging or destroyed Destroying , and was the costliest in financial terms until Hurricane Catastrophe Dorian surpassed Motion_directional it 27 years later .

It was the strongest landfalling Self_motion hurricane Catastrophe in decades and the costliest hurricane Catastrophe to make landfall Arriving anywhere in the United States , until it was surpassed Motion_directional by Katrina in 2005 .

It is estimated that three million people perished Death in this period from violence Violence , famine , or disease in what is considered the second deadliest religious war Hostile_encounter in European history ( surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the Thirty Years ' War , which took Conquering eight million lives ) .

By March 2008 , however , the death toll surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale 3,000 .