Vajont Dam
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Vajont Dam".
Oct 9, 2026
Nick ReedHOST
I have a Che Guevara T-shirt.
Tom MartzGUEST
In 1963, a mega tsunami triggered by a landslide at Vajont Dam in Northern Italy destroyed villages and caused approximately 2,000 deaths.
Tom MartzGUEST
1962, Uganda won its independence from British rule.
Tom MartzGUEST
I don't think they did it the way we did it, though.
JenniferHOST
In 1962, Uganda won independence from British rule.
JenniferHOST
In 1963, a mega tsunami triggered by a huge landslide at Vajont Dam in northern Italy destroyed villages and caused approximately 2,000 deaths.
JenniferHOST
In 1967, Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture.
JenniferHOST
In 1985, Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park, a memorial to former Beatle John Lennon, was dedicated.
JaredHOST
Our next story is about Davicino, a wave that destroyed several villages in an instant.
JaredHOST
Right in the north of Venice, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, the Vajont dam arises.
JaredHOST
Located near a water basin on Mount Toc, the construction began in the mid-50s and was completed at the beginning of the 60s.
JaredHOST
At the time it was the highest dam in the world, built to supply hydroelectric energy to northeast Italy.
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This is the only tsunami of our list that has not happened in the sea.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But this does not make it less devastating.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The Vajont Dam, an imposing structure immersed in the picturesque Valley of the Piave, was built along the Vajont Torrent, creating a vast water basin.
speaker_3NARRATOR
On that fateful autumn day, a huge hail crashed against the dam.