Today in History – August 3

2008 – 162 people died when they were crushed, trampled, or forced over the side of a ravine by the movement of a large panicking crowd in the Naina Devi temple stampede.

Naina Devi temple stampede (8/3/08) (Google Maps)
Naina Devi temple stampede (8/3/08)

2010 – A former employee Omar Thornton, shot and killed eight people before turning a gun on himself during the Hartford Distributors shooting.

Hartford Distributors shooting (StreetView)
Hartford Distributors shooting

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *