Category: Dark Historical Events

The Khmer Rouge's reign from 1975 to 1979 remains one of history's darkest chapters, marked by genocide, cultural annihilation, and profound societal destruction. This article explores the regime’s brutal impact on Cambodia and its enduring scars.

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine experienced a catastrophic explosion during a safety test. This disaster released massive amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere, heavily contaminating the nearby town of Pripyat and creating an exclusion zone that remains largely uninhabited.