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Hindenburg, the

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Hindenburg, the
German airship blew up upon mooring in New Jersey (1937). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 43]
See : Disaster


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Hydrogen went out of fashion with the Hindenburg, the giant German airship which burst into flames in 1937.
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