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‘Oh, the humanity!’ 36 killed as German zeppelin Hindenburg bursts into flames 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1937)


Video: 'Hindenburg Disaster Real Footage (1937)'

(Thursday, May 6, 1937, 7:25 p.m. EDT) — The hydrogen-filled German passenger airship Hindenburg burned and crashed tonight during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground. Continue reading ‘Oh, the humanity!’ 36 killed as German zeppelin Hindenburg bursts into flames 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1937)