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1994 Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
1993 Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern, Switzerland, destroyed by fire 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire 1992 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire 1988 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed 1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson 1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire 1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1984 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm 1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion 1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 1976 Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed 1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal 1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire 1967 Ossip Zadkine, Zadkin, Russian sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77 1966 An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed 1962 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia 1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire 1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam 1945 Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's 1944 Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed 1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing 1943 Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed 1943 Uprising at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed) 1942 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston 1941 England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed 1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed 1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire 1938 Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire 1938 Jews injured and property destroyed in Przemyal Poland 1936 London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire 1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 1931 Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire 1931 Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops 1918 Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1914 Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs 1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire 1904 Much of Toronto destroyed by fire 1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) 1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida 1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed 1894 Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm 1894 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed 1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire 1892 Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die 1890 Ossip Zadkine, Russian/French sculptor, Destroyed City 1890 Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire 1883 Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000 1881 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 1874 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire 1860 Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes 1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire 1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake 1851 Most of San Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die 1850 Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire 1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois destroyed by tornado 1845 Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed 1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die 1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever 1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar 1816 Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire 1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire 1798 Federal St. Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in U.S. destroyed by fire 1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana 1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed 1764 Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire 1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 1752 Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire 1708 Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians 1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam 1666 St. Paul's in London destroyed by fire 1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed 1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1588 Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna 1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire 1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed 1291 Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed 1061 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed 642 Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed 70 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans |
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