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Great fire of Meireki

Great Fire of Meireki (Edo, 1657)

Great Fire of New York (1776)

Great Flood of 1951

Great Flood of 1993

Great hurricane of 1780

Great Hurricane of 1780 — the deadliest Atlantic storm on record

Great Ireland Run

Great Ireland Run — annual 10 km road race in Dublin's Phoenix Park

Great Plague of London

Great Plague of London (1665–1666): outbreak, causes, impact and aftermath

Great Stink

Great Stink of London

Great Train Robbery (1963)

Great Train Robbery (1963) — the UK mail train heist at Bridego Bridge

Greatest Royal Rumble

Grenfell Tower fire

Grito de Dolores

Gulf War

Gulf War (1990–1991): invasion of Kuwait and the U.S.-led coalition

Conflict sparked by Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait; a U.S.-led coalition conducted Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1991, liberating Kuwait and producing lasting politi

Gunpowder Plot

Gunpowder Plot (1605)

Habemus Papam

Habemus Papam — the traditional proclamation announcing a new pope

Halifax Explosion

Hamamatsu festival

Hanami

Hanami: Japanese flower-viewing tradition and its cultural significance

Hanau shootings

Hanau shootings (19 February 2020)

Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival

Haymarket affair

Haymarket affair — 1886 Chicago labor protest, bombing, trial and legacy

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate (UFO religious group)

Hell in a Cell (2009)

Hell in a Cell (2009) — inaugural WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view

Hell in a Cell (2013)

Hell in a Cell (2013) — WWE pay-per-view in Miami

Hell in a Cell (2014)

Hell in a Cell (2014) — WWE pay-per-view in Dallas

Heraia

Heraia: the ancient footraces for women at Olympia

The Heraia were ancient Greek footraces held at Olympia in honor of Hera. They featured unmarried women from Elis, ritual weaving and offerings, and prizes that combined athletic a

Hijrah

Hijrah (Hegira): the Migration That Founded the Islamic Calendar

Hillsborough disaster

Hillsborough disaster (15 April 1989)

Hipercor bombing

Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji

Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji (1707–1708)

Home Run Derby

Home Run Derby (Major League Baseball event)

Homecoming

Homecoming (alumni and school celebration)

Human Be-In

Hurricane Agnes

Hurricane Agnes (1972): flood impacts and legacy

Hurricane Alicia

Hurricane Alicia (August 1983)

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Barry (2019)

Hurricane Beryl

Hurricane Betsy

Hurricane Betsy (1965): Major Atlantic Hurricane and New Orleans Flooding

Hurricane Bud (2012)

Hurricane Celia

Hurricane Celia (1970): impact on Corpus Christi and legacy

Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Dennis (July 2005): early-season major Atlantic hurricane and U.S. landfall

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