History: May 14 (#4)

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May 14, 1988 Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.

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On May 14, in the year 1988: Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver tr aveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. Interstate 71 (I-71) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the midwestern and southeastern regions of the United States.

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Why May 14, 1988 matters: Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling t he wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. What began on this day left a lasting mark on history. The effects were felt immediately and continued to shape events, ideas, and lives long afterwards.

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Historical context: May 14, 1988 The 20th century brought change at a pace unprecedented in history: two world wars, the r ise and fall of fascism and communism, decolonisation, the Cold War, the space race, and revolutions in science, technology, and human rights all compressed into one hundred years. The event on this day: Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_71 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)