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Jun. 20—George McGovern had just won the New York Democratic Party primary and the Wednesday June 21, 1972, front page of the Reading Eagle also reported that summer had arrived and forecasters ...
June 21, 2024 at 4:04 AM. Fifty-two years ago, rainfall from Tropical Storm Agnes inundated York County and caused historical flooding. To this day, it still ranks as the most destructive storm in ...
Jun. 19—It is a secret Donna Ross and Kate Hullihen Hess kept from the public for 50 years. Ross, 68, and Hess, 73, both former Sunbury residents, were the women who wrote the famous message on ...
Hurricane Agnes was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States at the time, causing an estimated $2.1 billion in damage. The hurricane's death toll was 128. [1] The effects of Agnes were widespread, from the Caribbean to Canada, with much of the east coast of the United States affected. Damage was heaviest in Pennsylvania, where Agnes was ...
The Johnstown Flood was the worst flood to hit the U.S. in the 19th century, and to date, the worst to strike Pennsylvania. [27] 1,600 homes were destroyed, $17 million in property damage levied (approx. $550 million in 2022), and 4 square miles (10 km 2 ) of downtown Johnstown were completely destroyed.
Coal Mine dam failure. Casualties. 125 killed. 1,121 injured. 4,000+ left homeless. The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, on February 26, 1972, when a coal slurry impoundment dam burst, causing significant loss of life and property damage. [1] The impoundment dam, managed by Pittston Coal Company ...
Feb. 2—PITTSTON — To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Agnes Flood, WVIA will feature "Agnes 50," a multi-platform initiative that will explore the events of June 23, 1972, as well ...
Agnès Varda (French: [aɲɛs vaʁda] ⓘ; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter and photographer.. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier and more common to film indoors, with constructed sets and painted backdrops of landscapes, rather than outdoors, on location.