1669 Mount Etna (Sicily) erupted. 990,000,000 cubic yards of lava were thrown out over four months, destroying a dozen villages. Ashes formed a double cone more than 150 ft high, now called Monti Rossi.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
History Trivia - Mount Etna (Sicily) erupts
March 11
1669 Mount Etna (Sicily) erupted. 990,000,000 cubic yards of lava were thrown out over four months, destroying a dozen villages. Ashes formed a double cone more than 150 ft high, now called Monti Rossi.
1669 Mount Etna (Sicily) erupted. 990,000,000 cubic yards of lava were thrown out over four months, destroying a dozen villages. Ashes formed a double cone more than 150 ft high, now called Monti Rossi.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
History Trivia - Romeo & Juliet's wedding day
March
11
222 Emperor Elagabalus was
assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard
during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies were dragged through the streets of
Rome before thrown into the Tiber.
1302 Romeo
& Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare.
1669 Mount Etna (Sicily) erupted. 990,000,000 cubic yards of lava were thrown out over four months, destroying a dozen villages. Ashes formed a double cone more than 150 ft high, now called Monti Rossi.
1669 Mount Etna (Sicily) erupted. 990,000,000 cubic yards of lava were thrown out over four months, destroying a dozen villages. Ashes formed a double cone more than 150 ft high, now called Monti Rossi.
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