Jul 29 1967. The 1967 USS Forrestal fire was a devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59), after an unusual electrical anomaly discharged a Zuni rocket on the flight deck.
Tallest Living Horse. According to the Guinness World Records 2013 edition, Big Jake is the tallest living horse. This Belgian gelding weighs 2,600 pounds and stands just shy of 6 feet 11 inches tall; thatâs 20 hands, two and three-quarter inches in horse terms.
The most noted tall breed is the Shire, with Samson (a Shire gelding) being the largest horse to ever live. Close behind â¦ are the over cold blood, or draft/draught horses such as the Irish Draught, the Percheron, or the Belgian. Some warmbloods can reach good size at high 16 hands or low 17 hands.elgians are generally the biggest (as a rule) -- big ones are over seven feet in heigh â¦ t, and weigh over 3,000 lbs! But there is considerable variation, and Shires and Percherons hold the records. The tallest horse ever recorded was a Shire gelding named Samson.