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Monday, 5 November 2012

Top 10 Highest Waterfalls of the World

Rank
Name
Location
Feet (height)
1.
Angel
Canaima Nat’l Park, Venezuela
3,212
2.
Tugela
Natal Nat’l Park, South Africa
3,110
3.
Utigord
Norway
2,625
4.
Monge
Marstein, Norway
2,540
5.
Gocta Cataracts
Chachapoyas, Peru
2,532
6.
Mutarazi
Nyanga Nat’l Park, Zimbabwe
2,499
7.
Yosemite
Yosemite Nat’l Park, California
2,425
8.
Espelands
Hardanger Fjord, Norway
2,307
9.
Lower Mar Valley
Eikesdal, Norway
2,151
10.
Tyssestrengene
Odda, Norway
2,123



Top 10 Other Events That Happened on September 11 (9/11)


10.1970 (Dawson’s Field Hijackings)
9.  1847 (Oh Susanna Premieres)
8.  1792 (Hope Diamond Theft)
7.  1961 (Hurricane Carla)
6.  1862 (Birth of O. Henry)
5.  1985 (Pete Rose Becomes All-Time Hit King)
4.  1972 (Max Fleisher Dies)
3.  1982 (Lebanon Invaded)
2.  1941 (Pentagon Opens, Lindbergh’s Isolationist Speech)
1.  1609 (Hudson Sails Into Manhattan)


Top 10 Memorable Days of the 20th Century


10. December 7, 1941 (Attack on Pearl Harbor)
9.  November 22, 1963 (Assassination of JFK)
8.  April 4, 1968 (Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
7.  July 20, 1969 (Moon Landing)
6.  January 28, 1986 (Challenger Disaster)
5.  October 29, 1929 (Stock Market Crash)
4.  November 9, 1989 (Tearing Down Of The Berlin Wall)
3.  April 18, 1906 (San Francisco Earthquake)
2.  August 6, 1945 (Hiroshima)
1.  January 1, 2000 (The New Millennium)

Top 10 Terrorist Attacks


10.  Bombing of USS Cole 2000 (Yemen)
Fatalities: 17; Injuries: 39
9.  Anthrax Letter Attacks 2001 (USA)
Fatalities: 5; Injuries: 17
8.  Salmonella Attack 1984 (USA)
Injuries: 750
7.  Mid-Air Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 1988 (Scotland)
Fatalities: 270; Injuries 12
6.  Bombing of Marine Barracks 1983 (Lebanon)
Fatalities: 301; Injuries: 161
5.  Truck Bombing of U.S. Embassies 1998 (Kenya, Tanzania)
Fatalities: 303; Injuries: 4,954
4.  Beslan Massacre 2004 (Russia)
Fatalities: 366; Injuries: 747
3.  Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing 1995(USA)
Fatalities: 169; Injuries: 675
2.  1st World Trade Center Bombing 2001(USA)
Fatalities: 6; Injuries: 1,040
1.  9/11 Attack 2001 (USA)
Fatalities: 2,993; Injuries: 8,900


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