Bhopal Disaster: Gas Leak Kills Thousands in India's Worst Industrial Accident
A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000 to 600,000 others, with roughly 6,000 of those victims later dying from their injuries. This catastrophe stands as one of the worst industrial disasters in history, triggering a global reckoning on corporate liability and industrial safety standards that continues to shape environmental regulations today.
December 3, 1984
42 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on December 3
en Antioquía (Turquía) a la noche sucede un terremoto de magnitud 7,5 en la escala sismológica de Richter (intensidad de XI en la escala de Mercalli), dejando u…
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en Qum, Semnan, Damghán y Jorasán (Irán) sucede un terremoto que deja un saldo de 48 690 muertos.
Pope John X crowned Berengar I as Holy Roman Emperor, formalizing a desperate alliance to expel Saracen raiders from their fortified base on the Garigliano Rive…
أبو علي المنصور يتولى الخلافة ويتخذ لقب الآمر بأحكام الله، ليكون بذلك الخليفة الفاطمي العاشر.
In L’Aquila richtet ein Erdbeben Schäden an – die erste derartige Katastrophe in Dokumenten der Stadt.
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