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2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings

1993 Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91

1993 Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed

1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence

1987 Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium

1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings

1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington D.C., siege ended Mar 11th

1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran

1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings

1955 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus

1916 Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down

1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)

1902 Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian, The Buildings of England

1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida

1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings

1894 Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings

1894 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed

1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver

1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings

1872 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston

1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation

1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa

1835 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City

1800 James Bogardus, U.S. inventor/builder, made cast-iron buildings

1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana

1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings

1623 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings

1521 Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam


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