Thursday, 16 January 2014

The 1963 Coliseum explosion

January 16

On Halloween night, 1963, during a "Holiday on Ice" skating exhibition at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, a propane gas explosion killed 74 people and injured nearly 400. It was just after...

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Five bodies recovered from plane crash in Idaho mountains

January 16

Authorities in Valley County say they have recovered five bodies from the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the central Idaho mountains last month. Lt. Dan Smith with the Valley County Sheriff's...

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Floods, landslide kill 13 in Indonesia; 2 missing

January 16

Days of torrential rain triggered a landslide and flash floods on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 people and sending tens of thousands fleeing for safe ground, disaster officials said...

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