Birth Pang Timeline
1914
1914 - 1918 World War I
20 million people die
1928
September 1928 A category 5 hurricane
Carribean - Okeechobee
1935
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
A category 5 Hurricane hits the US
1937
1937 - 1945 Second Sino Japenze war
20 million people die
1939
1939 - 1945 World War II
60 million people die
1945
1945 - 1975 Vietnam War
2.3 million people die
1948
November, 1947 - July 1949 - Israeli War Of Independance.
May 19, 1948 Israel declares independence
1950
August 15, 1950 Tibet
Earthquake magnitude 8.6
1950 -1953 Korean War
2.5 million people die
1952
November 4, 1952 Kamchatka, Russia
Earthquake magnitude 9.0
1956
October 1956 - The Sinai Campaign
1957
March 9, 1957 Alaska, USA
Earthquake magnitude 9.1
1959
October 1959 Mexico - Un-named category 5 hurricane
1960
February 29, 1960 Morocco
Earthquake kills 10,000
May 22, 1960 Valdivia, Chile
Earthquake magnitude 9.5
September 1960 East cost of the U.S. Hurricane Donna a category 5 hurricane
1961
September 1961 Texas
Hurricane Carla a category 5 hurricane
1964
March 27, 1964 Alaska, USA
Earthquake magnitude 9.2
1965
February 4, 1965 Alaska, USA
Earthquake magnitude 8.7
1967
June 5 - June 10, 1967 6 day War
1968
July 1968 - September 1970 - War of Attrition
1969
August 1969 Mississippi, USA - Hurricane Camile category 5 hurricane with 190 mph winds hits Mississippi
1970
May 31, 1970 Peru
Earthquake kills 66,000 people.
1973
October, 1973 Yom Kippur War
1975
February 4, 1975 China
Earthquake kills 10,000
1976
February 4, 1976 Guatemala
Earthquake Kills 23,000
July 27, 1976 Tangshan, China
Earthquake kills 255,000
1979
1979 - 1988 Soviet/ Afghanistan War
1980
August 1980 South Atlantic
Hurrican Allen a category 5 hurricane
September 1980 - August 1988 - Iran-Iraq War kills 500,000
1982
1982 - Lebanon War
1988
September 1988 Carribean - Hurricane Gilbert a category 5 hurricane
December 7, 1988 Armenia - Earthquake kills 25,000
1989
September 1989 Southeastern U.S. Hurricane Hugo a category 5 hurricane
1990
June 21, 1990 Iran - Earthquake kills 40,000
August 1990 - February 1991 - 1st Gulf war
1992
August 1992 Southeastern U.S., Carribean - Hurricane Andrew a category 5 hurricane
1998
1998 - 2007 Second Congo War - 3.8 million people die
October 1998 Carribean - Hurricane Mitch a category 5 hurricane caused severe flooding killing 11,000 people
2001
January 26, 2001 - India Earthquake kills 20,000
September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda Terrorists attack the United States and start the modern war on terror
2001 - Present - American war in Afghanistan
2002
October 2002 Mexico - Hurricane Kenna a catregory 5 hurricane
2003
March 2003 - Second Gulf war/Iraq war
December 26, 2003 Iran - Earthquake kills 31,000
2004
September 2004 Carribean, southeastern U.S.- Hurricane Ivan a category 5 hurricane the size of Texas
December 26, 2004 Sumatra Indonesia - Earthquake magnitude 9.3 caused a Tsumani that Killed at least 300,000
2005
March 28, 2005 Northern Sumatra - Earthquake 8.7
August 2005 Southeastern U.S. - Hurricane Katrina a category 5 hurricane and the costliest in U.S. history
September 2005 Gulf coast U.S. - Hurricane Rita a category 5 hurricane
October 2005 Carribean, Florida - Hurricane Wilma a category 5 hurricane
October 8, 2005 Pakistan - Earthquake kills 100,000
2006
2006 - Second Lebanon War
September 2006 Pacific - Hurricane Ioke a category 5 hurriccane
2007
September 12, 2007 Sumatra Indonesia - Earthquake magnitude 8.5
August 2007 Mexico - Hurricane Dean a category 5 hurricane
2008
May 12, 2008 Sichuan Province, China - 8.0 Earthquake kills 70,000
2008 - 2009 Operation Cast lead
2010
January 12, 2010 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 7.0 Earthquake kills over 200,000
February 27, 2010 Talca, Chile - 8.8 Earthquake
June 2010 Pacific Ocean - Hurricane Celia a category 5 hurricane
2011
January 2011 - Tunisia government overthrown
February 2011 - Egyptian government overthrown
February 2011 - Libyan civil war
March 11, 2011 Tohoku, Japan - 9.0 Earthquake causes significant tsunami and over 15,000 are killed
August 23, 2011 Mineral, Virginia - Rare 5.8 magnitude Earthquake just outide Washington D.C.
August, 2011 US East Coast - Hurricane Irene Only lands as a category 1 hurricane but does billions in damage due to it's track
1910 -1919 1 event
1920 - 1929 1 event
1930 - 1939 3 events
1940 - 1949 3 events
1950 - 1959 6 events
1960 - 1969 9 events
1970 - 1979 6 events
1980 - 1989 6 events
1990 - 1999 6 events
2000 - 2009 19 events
2010 - 2019 9 events
This timeline includes major eathquakes by size (8.5 or greater) and/or death (10,000 or greater) begining in 1950. (source wikipedia)
This timeline includes major wars from the 20th century and beyond (source wikipedia.) This also includes major conflicts in and around modern Israel.
This timeline includes many of the strongest hurricanes recorded but emphasizes atlantic hurricanes in the 20th century and beyond.
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