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1808 |
In the Azores the volcanic fissure of Manadas on Sao Jorge island erupted. Links: Volcano, Azores 
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1989 Feb 8 |
In the Azores 144 people were killed when an American-chartered Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists slammed into fog-covered Santa Maria mountain. Links: Italy, Air Crash, Azores
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1998 Jul 9 |
A 5.8 earthquake hit the Azores Islands and killed 10 people and injured about a 100. Some 1000 were left homeless. Links: Earthquake, Azores
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1999 Dec 11 |
In the Azores a SATA airline ATP turboprop crashed on Sao Jorge island and all 35 people aboard were killed. Links: Air Crash, Azores
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2000 Nov 24 |
Germany and the Portuguese Azores Islands recorded new cases of mad cow disease. Main land Portugal has reported 467 cases since 1990. Links: Portugal, Germany, Mad Cow, Azores
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2003 Mar 16 |
Pres. Bush met with PM Tony Blair and Spain's PM Jose Maria Aznar in the Azores and made it clear they were ready to go to war with or without UN endorsement. Bush said "Tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world." Links: Iraq, Spain, Britain, USA, Azores, BushGW
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2022 Jan 22 |
Maritime rescue services located the boat of French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin (75). He was missing as his boat, named “Audacious," was found overturned off the Azores Islands, a mid-Atlantic Portuguese archipelago. Savin had been on a solo attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Links: France, Azores
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2022 Mar 21 |
Around 1,100 small earthquakes rattled Sao Jorge, one of Portugal's mid-Atlantic volcanic Azores islands in less than 48 hours, prompting authorities to activate an emergency plan as experts assess what they have described as a "seismic crisis". Links: Portugal, Earthquake, Azores
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2022 Mar 26 |
It was reported that about 1,250 people left the Azores' island of Sao Jorge, home to around 8,400 people, on March 23 and March 24 alone. Links: Portugal, Volcano, Azores
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