10 Most Shocking Events In History

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10 most shocking events in history. This list contains ten of the most shocking events in human history from around the world | planet earth. Do you know more horrible and bloody historical moments? Let us know in the comments... 10. Chernobyl Disaster - The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the town of Pripyat, in Ukraine. The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of cost and casualties. 9. Attack on Pearl Harbour - The Japanese surprise attack (1941) on the U.S. Navy's base at Pearl Harbor and on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet and brought the United States into World War II. 8. Vietnam War - The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. 7. Rwandan Genocide - The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority. During the approximate 100-day period from April 7 to mid-July 1994, an estimated 500,000 - 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting as much as 70% of the Tutsi and 20% of Rwanda's total population. 6. Transatlantic Slave Trade - The transatlantic slave trade, often known as the triangular trade, connected the economies of three continents. It is estimated that between 25 to 30 million people, men, women and children, were deported from their homes and sold as slaves in the different slave trading systems. 5. World War I - Also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war. 4. World War II - Also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939 - 45. The 40,000,000–50,000,000 deaths incurred in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in history. 3. 9/11 Terror Attacks - September 11, 2001, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. The attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C., caused extensive death and destruction and triggered an enormous U.S. effort to combat terrorism. 2. Holocaust - Also known as the Shoah "the catastrophe". A genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews. The number includes about one million children and represented about two-thirds of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe. 1. Hiroshima - Hiroshima was the site of the first ever atomic bombing near the end of World War II. The bomb exploded over Hiroshima at 8:16 on the morning of August 6, 1945. Much of the city was destroyed. Over 100,000 people were killed, many instantly and many afterwards because of radiation sickness. It is now estimated that 140,000 people were killed by the explosion. Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Listing10 Listing 10 - Top 10 compilations: http://www.facebook.com/10Listing Music used: Sunlight by Per Kiilstofte https://machinimasound.com/music/sunlight/ Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Top 10 lists of everything. From the richest, biggest, weirdest and deadliest to the worst, most expensive and smallest things. Subscribe now to get our latest top 10 videos. Thanks for watching... Video categories you can find on our youtube channel: animals & nature, crime, geography, history & people, computer & technology, science & education, games, music, myths & conspiracies, comedy & entertainment, sports, movies