Harris,8 quoting from an article in theGuardian newspaper, gives figures for the rate of loss of aircraft, expressed in numbers per million departures. These indicate a significantly higher loss rate in the less-developed countries. However, in this field the over whelming majority of flights ...
1984 in Bhopal, India, a gas leak occurred at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant. An estimated 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate and other toxic chemicals. The number of confirmed deaths was stated as 3787, but other estimates range between...
1939 Pan-Am introduced scheduled flights between the United States and Europe 1939 Armstrong developed FM radio transmissions 1939 Muller developed DDT 1939 Electric tooth brush invented in Switzerland 1939 Hewlett–Packard formed in Palo Alto Ca 1940 Rh factor in blood discovered by Landsteiner 1940 ...