“Devastating Eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 Claims Thousands of Lives”
Point 1: On August 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with cataclysmic explosions, causing tidal waves in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait that resulted in the loss of approximately 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.
Point 2: In other events on this date, the Battle of Long Island began in 1776 during the Revolutionary War, Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act in 1894, and the first turbojet-powered aircraft went on its first test flight over Germany in 1939.
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