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1997 An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt

1995 Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special

1994 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed

1993 Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed

1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"

1988 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses

1985 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket

1984 Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses and dies

1984 Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage

1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital

1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis

1978 Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)

1976 Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami

1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)

1974 Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)

1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal)

1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses

1972 "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama)

1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125

1971 Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lion collapses during game and later, dies

1971 Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil

1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis

1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)

1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US

1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus

1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die

1946 Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building and burying 38

1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash

1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses

1925 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies of TB 4 months later

1925 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses

1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer

1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses

1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah

1879 North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)

1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St

1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500

1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives



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