- This day in 1986, "lake overturn" leads to the release of a gas bubble in Cameroon that kills everyone within 15 miles; 1700 died in all. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/21/newsid_3380000/3380803.stm 16 comments history
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