2013 Event A small pyrotechnics show ignited foram sound insulating material in the ceiling of Kiss, a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil's city of Santa Maria, killing 237 partygoers and injuring 169 others 2009 Event 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 1996 Death Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78 1977 Event A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164 1977 Event Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164 1974 Event Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York) 1972 Event 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan) 1952 Birthday Sergio Vastano, Italian actor, Nightclub, Prete Bello 1942 Event 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston 1942 Event Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass) 1917 Birthday Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
