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12 de abr. de 2024 · San Francisco earthquake of 1906, a major earthquake and fire that destroyed some 28,000 buildings and killed more than 3,000 people. The shaking was felt from Los Angeles in the south to Coos Bay, Oregon, in the north.
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Hace 1 día · People walk down the street, stopping to look at buildings that have been nearly flattened in the 1906 earthquake. (San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Public Library) “In the meantime, the city had started on fire. The water mains had broken, and they had no water, and no hoses long enough to draw water from the Bay.
Hace 1 día · The 1906 earthquake and fire underscored the urgent need for a dedicated water supply system for firefighting. The existing system failed during the disaster, necessitating critical improvements. The Emergency Firefighting Water System (also known as the Auxiliary Water Supply System or AWSS), was built in 1913 as an independent high-pressure water supply system dedicated to fire protection.
Hace 1 día · The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is the deadliest earthquake in the history of the United States, and remains high on the list of American calamities. The tragedy is among the most documented ...
10 de abr. de 2024 · El Programa del PLM fue un documento que buscó terminar con la estructura del estado oligárquico porfirista y los cimientos que lo apuntalaban —el ejército, los gobiernos estatales, los poderes de la unión, los terratenientes y los banqueros— para crear un poder democrático.
11 de abr. de 2024 · Category: History & Society. Date: 1894 - 1906. Key People: Alfred Dreyfus. Charles-Alexandre Dupuy. Félix Faure. Fernand-Gustave-Gaston Labori. Émile Loubet. (Show more) On the Web: History Today - The Dreyfus Affair (Apr. 11, 2024)
Hace 4 días · Pierre Curie (born May 15, 1859, Paris, France—died April 19, 1906, Paris) was a French physical chemist, cowinner with his wife Marie Curie of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. He and Marie discovered radium and polonium in their investigation of radioactivity. An exceptional physicist, he was one of the main founders of modern physics.
