The die-off, which occurred worldwide about 250 million years ago at the end of the Permian period, was even more extensive than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Those die-offs, which occurred about 252 million years ago, killed off more than 90% of all species on Earth, and their ecological effects were long-lasting.
The earliest written record in American history, from 1542, by the Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, appears to indicate that Native Americans on Tampa Bay, in Florida, understood fish die-offs — which still occur in the area today — as typical of certain seasons.
Masato Shinohara, 40, was the second plant worker to die after the accident, which occurred on Sept. 30 at a uranium-processing facility in Tokaimura, 70 miles northeast of Tokyo, in which workers set off an uncontrolled atomic reaction.
Nineteen people died in the attacks, which occurred in Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein.
More than 30,000 people are estimated to have died in the quake, which occurred on Dec. 26.
Earlier reports indicated that 10 people had died in the crash, which occurred Saturday about 40 miles southeast of Tucson.
Anselmo Rubalcaba of Agua Dulce died in the fire, which occurred about 7 40 a.m. on Davenport Road, officials said.
They died within seconds of the rupture, which occurred at 168 kilometers (104 miles), making them the only human beings to die in space.
But the dream of a new skyline died with the stock market crash, which occurred just seven months later.
Morbillivirus was also responsible for a devastating 1987 die-off which killed more than 700 dolphins.
