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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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