• the anglo-zanzibar war (1896) - a 38 - 45 minute war between the united kingdom and sultanate of zanzibar
• the great molasses flood/boston molasses disaster (1919) - a 2.3 million gallon molasses filled storage tank burst resulting in a 35 mph wave that rushed through the streets of the north end neighborhood of boston, massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150
• the kentucky meat shower - between 11am and 12pm, what appeared to be chunks of red meat, fell from the sky in a 100-by-50-yard area

people

• đorđe martinović - a serbian farmer who inserted a bottle into his anus which eventually led to the collapse of yugoslavia in 1991
• mary toft - an englishwoman who tricked doctors into believing she had given birth to rabbits