2013 Event An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, causes 15 deaths and major damage to nearby buildings, residences, a nursing home and middle school 2010 Event Buildings across Bangkok are set on fire by red shirt protesters after the military stormed a protest camp in the center of the city 2004 Event Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings 1993 Death Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91 1993 Event Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed 1991 Event Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence 1987 Event Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium 1987 Event No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings 1977 Event Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington D.C., siege ended Mar 11th 1968 Event 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran 1956 Event 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings 1955 Event EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus 1916 Event Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down 1904 Event Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) 1902 Birthday Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian, The Buildings of England 1901 Event Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida 1894 Event Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings 1894 Event Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings 1894 Event Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed 1886 Event Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver 1882 Event New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1872 Event Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston 1871 Event Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation 1845 Event More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa 1835 Event Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City 1800 Birthday James Bogardus, U.S. inventor/builder, made cast-iron buildings 1788 Event Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana 1760 Event Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1623 Event Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings 1521 Event Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam
