Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

Mount Vesuvius erupts and destroying Naples.

The Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway resulting in the death of 42 sailors.

Attila the Hun sacks Metz in Gaul.

United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming in what becomes known as the Teapot Dome Scandal