Women in the military are going to get to serve in combat. They killed the Equal Rights Amendment to keep this from happening, but, yet, here we are. And about time. âI think people have come to the sensible conclusion that you canât say a womanâs life is more valuable than a manâs life,â the retired Air Force Brig.omen in the military are going to get to serve in combat. They killed the Equal Rights Amendment to keep this from happening, but, yet, here we are. And about time. âI think people have come to the sensible conclusion that you canât say a womanâs life is more valuable than a manâs life,â the retired Air Force Brig.
Afghanistan earthquake map. There are fears for communities in parts of Pakistanâs mountainous and isolated north, which were already vulnerable to landslides after two days of unseasonably heavy rain and snowfall. In Islamabad, the capital, buildings were shaking for more than two minutes, sending office workers running for safety.
At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people-making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century.. The Earthquake Strikes. When the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Tangshan at 3:42 a.m. on July 28, over a million people lay sleeping, unaware of the disaster that was to befall them.