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The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deaths of 492 people.It is the deadliest nightclub fire in history and the third-deadliest single-building fire (after the September 11 attacks and Iroquois Theatre fire).
On March 14, 2007, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino had signed Imette's Law, named after murder victim Imette St. Guillen, which would make it mandatory for nightclub and bar owners to conduct criminal background checks on bouncers and to set up security video cameras outside the establishment.
Then, following the July 1, 1971 passage of the 26th Amendment (which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age), on April 13, 1972, governor Francis M. Sargent (following suit with 29 other governors) signed a bill lowering the Massachusetts drinking age from 21 to 18. The effective date of the new law was April 1, 1973.
The name "Combat Zone" was popularized through a series of exposé articles on the area Jean Cole wrote for the Boston Daily Record in the 1960s. [1] The moniker described an area that resembled a war zone both because of its well-known crime and violence, and because many soldiers and sailors on shore leave from the Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard frequented the many strip clubs and brothels ...
The Boston Globe: "Portraits of People Who Died in the R.I. Nightclub Fire" (2003) National Fire Protection Association web page "Nightclubs/assembly occupancies": This page includes a report on the fire, links to nightclub safety tips, information on the safe use of pyrotechnics, and other relevant information.
June 10 (Reuters) - Authorities have identified human remains found behind an abandoned Rhode Island mill as those of a Boston nightclub manager whose disappearance 23 years ago was suspected as a ...
The Boston Club, of New Orleans, named after the card game and not the city, is the oldest southern club, founded in 1841. [4] The five oldest existing clubs west of the Mississippi River are the Pacific Club in Honolulu (1851), the Pacific-Union Club (1852), Olympic Club (1860), and Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864), all in San Francisco , and ...
Vara was a prolific nightclub owner, at one time holding the most liquor licenses in Boston; he was also the owner of the Kenmore Club in Boston, Studio 54 in New York City, and several more bars in other states. [4] Jacques Cabaret has remained a family business throughout its history.