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2009 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia
2009 Inmates at Iraq's notoriuous Abu Grraib prison start a fire and clash with guards during two days of unrest 2009 The engine on an airbus A320 plane catches fire at Paris-Orly airport, eight people are injured 2006 U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon 2004 "Paul ""Red"" Adair", Oil well fire expert, Hellfighters, dies at 88 2004 Paraguay supermarket fire kills at least 300 2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings 2003 Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100 2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2002 China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112 2002 Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people 1999 Elliot Richardson, honest U.S. attorney general, fired by Nixon after he refused to fire Archibald Cox, dies at 79 1999 Mel Torme, "singer, songwriter", Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, dies at 73 1998 SwissAir flight 111 crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia killing all 229 onbaord, likely cause was an electrical fire 1998 New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell 1997 Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris 1997 World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24 1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1 1996 Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45 1995 Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84 1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days 1995 Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island 1994 Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed 1994 Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die 1994 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed 1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House 1994 Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show 1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show 1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) 1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 1993 Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed 1993 Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in California fire at 41 1993 "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV 1993 Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern, Switzerland, destroyed by fire 1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1993 Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire 1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145 1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79 1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die 1992 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire 1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire 1992 Cole Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1992 Dylan Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1992 Cease fire in Somalia begins 1991 24 die in a fire in Oakland, California 1991 Brad Davis, U.S., actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41 1991 Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44 1991 U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 1991 John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in New York City 1991 Iraqi generals and General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire 1991 U.N. votes in favor of U.S. resolutions for cease fire with Iraq 1991 U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 1991 Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87 1990 Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages 1990 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die 1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson 1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 1990 Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40 1989 Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die 1989 NHL's New York Rangers fire General Manager and coach Phil Esposito 1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston 1989 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded 1988 New York Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach 1988 Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire 1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage 1988 Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon 1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 1988 Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty 1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire 1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 1986 Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine 1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed 1986 Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly 1986 Kaitlin Cullum, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire 1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 1984 Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill" 1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo 1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die 1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales 1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx 1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 1983 Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire 1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357 1983 Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 1982 Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die 1982 Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire 1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die 1982 Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael 1982 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda and K Hepburn win 1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton 1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1980 ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa 1980 Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1979 Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson 1978 Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years 1978 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York 1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U 1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London 1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1978 Oscar Homolka, actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at 79 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1977 Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg 1977 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky 1977 Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164 1977 Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164 1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 1976 Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1976 Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire 1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia) 1975 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla) 1975 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72 1974 Fire kills 189 in less than 25 minutes (Sao Paulo Brazil) 1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington 1974 Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York) 1974 Lee Cole, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire 1974 Michael Swift, WLAF CB for the Rhein Fire 1974 Michael Dritlein, WLAF wide receiver for the Rhein Fire 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres 1973 Barry Stokes, WLAF offensive linesman for the Rhein Fire 1973 Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) 1973 Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War 1973 Mike Sheldon, WLAF Guard for the Rhein Fire 1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park, Isle of Man, UK 1973 Leslie Ratliffe, WLAF offensive tackle for the Rhein Fire 1973 Spencer Folau, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Baltimore Ravens, Rhein Fire 1973 Atle Larsen, WLAF kicker, Rhein Fire 1973 Josh LaRocca, WLAF quarterback, Rhein Fire 1973 Vladimir Iiic, WLAF defensive end, Barcelona Dragons, Rhein Fire 1973 Kyle Richardson, WLAF punter for the Rhein Fire 1973 Mark Brook, WLAF LB for the Rhein Fire 1973 Jamal Cox, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1972 Artis Houston, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire 1972 Riddick Parker, WLAF defensive tackle, Rhein Fire, Seattle Seahawks 1972 Tyrone Williams, WLAF/NFL defensive tackle, Chicago Bears, Rhein Fire 1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 1972 John Jones, WLAF guard for the Rhein Fire 1972 Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver, Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire 1972 Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end for the Rhein Fire 1972 Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire 1972 Jamal Ellis, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire 1972 Willie Brown, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Seattle Seahawks. Rhein Fire 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1972 Ethan Brooks, NFL/WAFL tackle, Atlanta Falcons, Rhein Fire 1972 Shigemasa Ito, WLAF offensive linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1972 David Rhodes, WLAF wide receiver, Rhein Fire 1972 Chris Shelling, WLAF cornerback, Rhein Fire 1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire 1971 Steve Hardin, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Ind Colts, Rhein Fire 1971 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul 1971 Tommie Boyd, NFL/WLAF receiver, Detroit Lions, Rhein Fire 1971 Mike Groh, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire 1971 Markus Finke, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire 1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir 1971 John Anderson, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1971 Bob Kronenberg, WLAF center for the Rhein Fire 1971 Terry Dean, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire 1971 Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire 1971 Terry Richardson, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire 1971 Aubrey Beavers, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Miami Dolphins, Rhein Fire 1971 David Merritt, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1971 Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire 1971 Anthony Fieldings, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1971 Thomas Bailey, WLAF wide receiver for the Rhein Fire 1971 Jose Munoz, WLAF offensive tackle for the Rhein Fire 1971 Derrick Clark, NFL/WLAF fullback, Broncos, Rhein Fire 1971 Bob Kronenberg, WLAF corner, Rhein Fire 1971 Frank Habermann, WLAF defensive linebacker, Rhein Fire 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire 1971 James Roberson, WLAF defensive end, Rhein Fire 1971 Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker, New York Giants, Rhein Fire 1971 Kevin Knox, WLAF receiver for the Rhein Fire 1971 Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire 1970 Dunstan Anderson, NFL defensive end, Dolphins, NO Saints, Rhein Fire 1970 Mike Salmon, NFL/WLAF safety, Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, San Francisco 49ers 1970 Steve Hoyem, WLAF offensive tackle for the Rhein Fire 1970 Donald Douglas, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1970 Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF LB for the Rhein Fire 1970 Ricky Powers, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire 1970 Jason Carthen, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1970 Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die 1970 Lance Teichelmann, WLAF defensive tackle for the Rhein Fire 1970 Sylvester Stanley, WLAF defensive tackle for the Rhein Fire 1970 Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1970 Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end, NO Saints, Rhein Fire 1970 Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1970 Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1970 Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter, Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire 1970 Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF defensive linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1970 James Wilson, WLAF defensive end for the Rhein Fire 1969 Mike Alexander, WLAF corner for the Rhein Fire 1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones 1969 Sebastian Savage, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire 1969 Pete Shufelt, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1969 Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem 1969 Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire 1969 Martin Driever, WLAF tight end for the Rhein Fire 1969 Jay Hillmann, WLAF running back, Rhein Fire 1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1968 Peter Gross-Pass, WLAF defensive linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1968 T J Rubley, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire 1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed 1968 President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse 1968 Andy Kelly, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire 1968 Roger Mar, born in Seattle, Washington rapid fire pistol 1996 Olympics 1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1967 Sean Foster, WLAF wide reciever for the Rhein Fire 1967 Percy Snow, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1967 Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 1967 Andreas Motzkus, WLAF receiver for the Rhein Fire 1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1 1967 Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker, Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire 1967 Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) 1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee 1967 Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire 1967 Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire 1966 Tommie Stowers, WLAF tight end for the Rhein Fire 1966 U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1966 Buddhist sets self on fire at U.S. consulate in Hue South-Vietnam 1966 Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene 1966 Ricky Andrews, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1965 Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter 1965 Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die 1965 Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 1965 Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 1965 Diane Lane, New York City, actress, Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove 1964 Yankees fire Manager Yogi Berra 1964 San Francisco Fire Department Museum is dedicated 1964 U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 1964 Fire in Wegimond Belgium resort, kills 19 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1964 Rob Lowe, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class 1963 Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die 1963 Morocco and Algeria signs cease fire 1962 Andrew McCarthy, New York City, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class 1962 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia 1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos 1962 Rae Dawn Chong, born in Edmonton, Alberta, actress, Quest for Fire 1961 Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil 1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1961 D B Sweeney, actor, Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October 1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) 1960 1st submerged submarine, George Washington, to fire Polaris missile ( 1960 Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland) 1959 Mare Winningham, born in Phoenix, Arizona, actress, St. Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch 1958 Bogota warehouse fire kills 82 1958 China resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe 1958 Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1957 Cy Curnin, Londo, England, rock vocalist, Fixx-Sign of Fire 1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire 1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback 1957 Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire 1957 Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire 1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 1956 Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium 1956 Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach for the Rhein Fire 1956 Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire 1956 Linda Grovenor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire 1956 John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1955 Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39 1954 Alice Krige, born in South Africa, actress, Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller 1954 Jeff Apple, born in Miami, Florida, producer, In the Line of Fire 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives 1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire 1953 Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment 1953 Larry Dunn, Dunhill, U.S. keyboardist, Earth Wind and Fire 1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, 1976 Olympics, WLAF, General Manager for the Rhein Fire 1952 Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker, Earth and Fire 1952 Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist, Earth and Fire 1952 St. Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby 1952 Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base 1951 Richard Chaves, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actor, Cease Fire, Predator 1951 Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire 1951 Dean Unruh, born in Riverton, Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach for the Rhein Fire 1951 SF City Hall dome fire 1950 Jon Polito, Philadelphia, actor, Fire With Fire, Homicide 1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau 1950 Ronnie Laws, U.S. saxophonist/guitarist, Earth, Wind and Fire 1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1950 Pedro De Cordoba, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire), dies at 68 1950 Jeremy Sinden, actor, Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem 1950 Ron Perlman, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Quest for Fire, Beauty and the Beast 1949 Manfred Burgsmuller, WLAF kicker for the Rhein Fire 1949 Manfred Burgsmuller, WLAF kicker for the Rhein Fire 1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto 1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives 1949 Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) 1949 Ian Charleson, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire 1949 Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire 1949 Lyle Alzado, NFLer, Los Angeles Raiders and actor, Oceans of Fire, Hangfire 1948 Jessica Cleaves, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, member, Friends of Distinction, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire 1948 Robert Ginty, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Paper Chase, White Fire 1948 Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire 1948 Dave Thomas, St. Catherines Ontario, comedian, SCTV, Grace Under Fire 1948 Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire 1947 Ben Cross, England, actor, Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions 1947 Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer, Earth and Fire 1947 Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp 1947 Massive explosion and fire kills 522 in Texas City, Texas 1946 Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119 1946 Bert Bouquet, bassist, Earth and Fire, Focus 1946 French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1946 Netherlands and Indonesia sign cease fire 1946 Netherland and Indonesia sign cease fire 1946 Peter Egan, actor, Bean, Chariots of Fire 1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas 1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa 1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago, Illinois) 1946 Robbie Kreiger, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire 1945 John Densmore, Louisiana, drummer, Doors-C'mon Light My Fire 1945 Leigh Lawson, born in Atherston, England, actress, Fire and Sword, Charlie Boy 1945 Terry Anderson, born in Sydney, Australia, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96 1945 U.S. drops fire bombs on Tokyo 1945 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 1945 Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing 1945 334 U.S. B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb 1944 Finland and Russia agree to cease fire 1944 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu 1944 Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention 1944 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions 1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut 1944 1,100 U.S. guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy 1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1943 General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily 1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire 1943 U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily 1943 Vangelis, Papathanasiou, composer/keyboardist, Chariots of Fire 1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau 1942 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass) 1942 Fred Thompson, senator, R-Tennessee, actor, 'In the Line of Fire' 1942 A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City 1941 Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria 1940 Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach, Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire 1940 Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 1939 Oil refinery fire kills 500 and destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela 1939 German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs 1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire 1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz" 1938 Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire 1938 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York 1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia 1937 Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming 1937 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid 1936 London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire 1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel 1936 Brian Fuller, commandant, Fire Service College, England 1935 Andy Adams, U.S. writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76 1935 Szilard Kun, born in Hungary, rapid fire pistol, 1952 Olympics silver 1935 Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier 1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 1934 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also) 1933 Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire 1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists 1931 Carlos Castaneda, U.S., writer/mystic, Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within 1931 Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire 1931 Alex Cord, New York City, actor, Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum 1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000 1931 Gene Hackman, born in California, actor, Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman 1930 Cherry Barbara Grimm, Lockett, New Zealand, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire 1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 1930 Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" 1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) 1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1928 Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 1927 Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died 1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park 1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California 1924 School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die 1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC) 1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1922 Turkey and Greece sign cease fire 1921 Neville Brand, Kewanee, Illinois, actor, DOA, Eaten Alive, Fire, Mohawk 1920 Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Massachusetts, singer, Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire 1919 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 1918 Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1918 Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakota 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin 1915 British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast 1914 German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales 1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1912 Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick 1911 Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1909 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill 1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts 1908 Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die 1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire 1906 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75% of city 1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Much of Toronto destroyed by fire 1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) 1903 Fire at Chicago's Iriquois Theater kills 602 1903 Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die 1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida 1900 Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand 1899 Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1898 Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire 1897 Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 1896 Grease fire ignites ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado 1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado) 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 1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire 1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1892 Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania fire on scabs, killing 7 1890 D. McCree patents portable fire escape 1890 Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire 1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 1889 Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong 1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver 1883 Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin, kills 71 1883 Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430 1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt 1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger 1881 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1876 Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death 1874 Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand 1874 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire 1872 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston 1872 Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher 1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed 1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation 1871 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters 1870 Constantinople in fire; 900 die 1869 Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania 1866 Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies 1866 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses 1866 Firecracker thrown in wood starts fire destroying of Portland, Me 1865 Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1864 Fire Department celebrates 1st annual ball 1864 Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire 1864 Micah Jenkins, Confederate Brigadier-General (friendly fire), dies at 28 1864 Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans 1863 Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic 1863 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane 1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire 1861 Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur 1861 Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia 1858 Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1858 Great fire in London harbor 1857 William Francis Channing and Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm 1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire 1853 Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service 1852 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die 1851 Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes 1851 U.S. Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1851 Fire destroys part of San Francisco 1851 1st major San Francisco fire 1851 Most of San Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die 1850 Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire 1850 Hawaiian Fire Department established 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine 1850 Great fire in San Francisco 1850 Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) 1850 Fire destroys part of San Francisco 1849 Fire destroy Centrum in St. Louis Missouri 1848 Austria and Sardinia sign cease fire 1845 Fire in New York City destroys 1,000 homes and kills many 1845 Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed 1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China 1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa 1844 Fire destroys U.S. mint at Charlotte, North Carolina 1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) 1841 Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1841 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City 1839 Great fire in NY 1838 Fire destroys half of Charleston 1836 Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1835 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City 1835 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname 1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves 1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses 1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose 1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 1816 Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire 1812 Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses and 1,000 churchs 1812 Fire of Moscow 1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th) 1810 1st U.S. fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India 1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 1798 Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews 1798 Federal St. Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in U.S. destroyed by fire 1797 France and Austria signs cease fire 1796 Cease fire of Cherasco 1795 Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured 1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana 1775 Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon 1772 William Congreve, English officer, design fire rocket 1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed 1768 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn) 1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain 1764 Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire 1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 1752 Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire 1752 1st U.S. fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia) 1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses 1738 Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" 1722 French C. Hopffer patents fire extinguisher 1690 French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1684 Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France 1677 John and Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher 1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire 1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam 1668 Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued 1666 St. Paul's in London destroyed by fire 1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8 1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed 1654 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 dies 1652 Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns 1646 Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire 1637 John van der Heyden, Dutch painter and inventor, fire extinguisher 1623 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings 1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia 1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem 1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire 1554 Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands 1548 Great fire in Brielle 1547 Great fire in Moscow 1537 Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch cease fire 1441 Holland and Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty 1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good 1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) 1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed 1391 Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery 1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism 1345 Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire 1192 Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire 1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria 64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire 64 Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle) |
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