From ancient eruptions to modern nuclear meltdowns, these catastrophes forever altered human history. Join us as we explore devastating events that shaped our world in unexpected ways. From engineering failures to natural calamities, these disasters taught humanity painful but necessary lessons that changed how we build, travel, and respond to future threats.

Live TV was crazy in the 80s! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down the most gripping, inspiring, tragic and dramatic events broadcast live on TV during the 1980s.

Live TV leaves nothing to the imagination! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for events or happenings on live television that left us amazed, shocked, or emotional.

It's tough to watch tragedy in real time. For this list, we’ll be looking at unforeseen explosions that were accidentally recorded, whether by news cameras or bystanders.

These accidents cost a fortune. For this list, we’ll be looking at the costliest accidents throughout history and their approximate costs in US dollars.

These 80s events made the world stand still. For this list, we’ll be looking at historic events that occurred in the 1980s that garnered an enormous amount of media attention.

Unfortunately, there have been a number of horrific disasters of the space program. Between the explosions of the Challenge and Columbia space shuttles and the tragic deaths of the Apollo 1 astronauts in America, and the explosion of the Vostok-2M rocket and the deaths of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts for the USSR, history’s worst space disasters have left a black mark on the space program. WatchMojo counts down ten of the most devastating space flight disasters ever.