The largest offshore oil disaster occurred when a fire started on the Piper Alpha oil production platform in the North Sea on 6 Jul 1988, with 167 people killed out of a crew of 225. Most of the rig melted in the intense heat and dropped off into the sea.
A nuclear reactor disaster at Chernobyl No. 4 in the former USSR (now the Ukraine) on April 26, 1986 at 1.23am local time resulted in an official Soviet death toll of 31 people. No systematic records were kept of subsequent deaths, but over 1.7 million people were exposed to radiation. It is not known how many of the estimated 200,000 people involved in the clean-up operation died in the 5-year period following the disaster, as no systematic records were kept.
Monsoons that raged throughout Thailand from September to December 1983 resulted in the deaths of 10,000 people. Up to 100,000 contracted water-borne diseases and 15,000 were evacuated. More than $400 million worth of damage was caused.
The youngest scorer in the English Premiership is James Vaughan at 16 years 271 days, for Everton against Crystal Palace on 10 April 2005.
The youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship race is Sebastian Vettel (Germany) (b. 3 July 1987) who was aged 21 years 72 days old when he won the Italian Grand Prix on 14 September 2008, driving for Toro Rosso. This was Vettel’s 22nd race and his maiden win secured the 29th point of his career. This was also the maiden win for the constructors Toro Rosso.
The youngest driver to claim a Formula 1 World Championship point is Sebastian Vettel (Germany, b. 3 July 1987) who was aged 19 years 349 days old when he finished in eighth place in the United States Grand Prix on 17 June 2007.
McFly (UK) are the youngest group to top the UK charts with two albums. They completed the double on 10 September 2005 with ‘Wonderland’.
The youngest club DJ is Brandan Duke (b. 10 November 2006, Canada) who played at The Government in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 15 June 2013 aged 6 years and 217 days.
Muhammad Ilyas passed the examination enabling him to become a Civil Judge in July 1952 at the age of 20 years 9 months, although formalities such as medicals meant that it was not until eight months later that he started work as a Civil Judge in Lahore, Pakistan.
Joe Cada (USA, b. 18 November 1987), became the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker main event at the age of 21 years, 357 days on 10 November 2009. Cada outdueled poker pros Phil Ivey and Jeff Shulman for the title. He also competed in the No-Limit Hold’em $1,500 Buy-In tournament (17th place finish) and the No-Limit Hold’em $2,500 Buy-in (64th place) at the same 2009 WSOP.