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Alaska. March 24, 1989 – The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska. December 31, 2012 – Offshore drilling rig breaks loose from tow, 18 evacuated [ 2] 2016–2017 Cook Inlet natural gas leak. April 14, 2017 - A BP well leaked oil & gas from the North Slope for 3 days. [ 3]
The Gas attacks at Wulverghem (30 April and 17 June 1916) were German cloud gas releases during the First World War on British troops at Wulverghem in the municipality of Heuvelland, near Ypres in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The gas attacks were part of the sporadic fighting between battles in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
On April 15, 2005, there was a ceremony, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation and many ex-prisoners and ex-liberating troops attended. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In October 2007, the redesigned memorial site was opened, including a large new Documentation Centre and permanent exhibition on the edge of the newly redefined camp, whose ...
Updated April 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM. At the time of writing, the national average price of regular gas is $3.62 per gallon, $0.02 higher than this time last year. Drivers who use premium gas are ...
Gas prices have been on the rise nationwide, but for California drivers, they've skyrocketed in a short amount of time. The Golden State's average at the pump surged by $0.23 to $5.27 per gallon ...
The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks on British troops during World War I, from 27 to 29 April 1916, near the village of Hulluch, 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Loos in northern France. The gas attacks were part of an engagement between divisions of the II Royal Bavarian Corps and divisions of the British I Corps .
Sunday, April 9, 1916. Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition – Members of the polar expedition team began open water travel using the three lifeboats salvaged during the sinking of the polar ship Endurance in November. The three lifeboats were named after the expedition's three chief financial sponsors: James Caird, Dudley Docker and Stancomb ...
On the morning of 24 April, the Germans released another gas cloud towards the re-formed Canadian line just west of St. Julien. Word was passed to the troops to urinate on their handkerchiefs and place them over their nose and mouth. [15] [d] The countermeasures were insufficient, and German troops took the village. [18]