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The 1984 Dallas nightclub shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on June 29, 1984, in Dallas, Texas.Abdelkrim Belachheb, a 39-year-old Moroccan national and resident alien, opened fire in Ianni's Restaurant and Club, a bar, killing six and severely injuring one.
Dallas City Limits was a live music venue and nightclub located at 10530 Spangler Road in Dallas, Texas. It played an important role in the Dallas music scene from the late-1980s until its closure in the mid-1990s. Its demise was due to the growing popularity in grunge music and the decline in metal.
The 181 Club was a predecessor to Club 82, and was named for its address at 181 Second Avenue. [1] The club operated from 1945 to 1953, featuring male impersonators as waitstaff, and female impersonators as entertainers. [1]
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald is a 1963 photograph of nightclub owner Jack Ruby shooting accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The image was captured by Dallas Times Herald photographer Robert H. Jackson and it won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. Jackson began working for the Dallas Times Herald in 1960.
Worst club fire in Argentina history El Festival Ballroom fire Houston, Texas United States 2004 1: 3 arson Firefighter killed in fire; initially thought to have been started by a truck, quickly ruled as arson [9] 911 nightclub fire Moscow: Russia 2007 10: 4 pyrotechnics [10] Factory nightclub fire: Quito: Ecuador 2008 15: 35 pyrotechnics [8 ...
The Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas has been called, Texas' Most Historic Music Venue [1] and since its inception has had a colorful set of proprietors. Originally built by O.L. Nelms, an eccentric Dallas millionaire, for his close friend, western swing bandleader Bob Wills, the venue opened in 1950 as Bob Wills' Ranch House.
The five oldest existing American clubs are the South River Club in South River, Maryland (c.1690/1700), the Schuylkill Fishing Company in Andalusia, Pennsylvania (1732), the Old Colony Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1769), the Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia (1834), and the Union Club of the City of New York in New York City (1836). [1]
Rick Squillante (August 17, 1948 – April 21, 2001) was a nightclub disc jockey and music industry representative and record producer, who rose to fame during the 1980s as the principal DJ at the Starck Club in Dallas, Texas. He has been noted as a major influence on many of today's modern DJs in the dance music trade.