In Photos: Showing Memorable Events in the History

1906: San Francisco earthquake

Chasms seen in the street after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit San Francisco, California, U.S., on April 18. Over 80 percent of San Francisco was destroyed in this earthquake and the fires that roared in its aftermath.

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1909: Child labor

A spinner in a cotton mill in Georgia, U.S. American sociologist and photographer Lewis Hine’s picture-driven survey of child labor in the early 20th century gave proof about its negative impacts, helping rally the society against employment of children in industry.

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1937: Hindenburg disaster

The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg explodes into flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S., on May 6.

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