Mount Pinatubo erupts
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, located on the tripoint boundary of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga, all in Central Luzon on the northern island of Luzon. Its eruptive history was unknown to most before the pre-eruption volcanic activity of early 1991. From June 7 to 12, the first magma reached the surface of Mount Pinatubo.
Döda fallet/1796 Ragunda lake burst disaster
Located in the eastern part of the province of Jämtland in Sweden, Döda fallet (English: dead fall) is a former whitewater rapid in of the river Indalsälven. On 6 June 1796, following an unusually heavy flood, lake water started to leak into the canal. The porous ground beneath the canal could not withstand the force of the water, which at 9 p.m. started to quickly erode deep into the esker and the sediment below it. The lake emptied in four hours and, although it was one of Sweden's largest environmental disasters, no one is believed to have been killed by the event, because it was night and their houses were on high ground.
John Rennie the Elder was born
Scottish civil engineer John Rennie was a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Among his most known works were the Kennet and Avon Canal, the first Waterloo Bridge and the Dunleary harbour.
1692 Jamaica earthquake
The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica. It caused most of the city to sink below sea level. About 2,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and the following tsunami, and another 3,000 people died in the following days due to injuries and disease.
