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The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, [1] also known as the 1973 National Archives fire, was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri, from July 12–16, 1973. The fire destroyed some 16 million to 18 million official U.S. military personnel records.
Over 90 onlookers gathered on the highway were burned or injured, some badly. The most severely burned, including some of the firefighters, were airlifted to hospitals in Las Vegas and Phoenix. This incident was the worst firefighter tragedy in Arizona until 2013 when 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters were killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire .
1973 Old Bailey bombing: PIRA car bombing of the Old Bailey courthouse, killing 1 person. PIRA: The Troubles: April 16 Arson: 2 Rome, Italy: Primavalle fire: 3 activists of Potere Operaio burned the house of a militant of the Italian Social Movement and killed his two sons. Potere Operaio: Years of Lead: May 17 Bombing 4 52: Milan, Italy
The Roseville Yard Disaster was an accidental explosion and fire that occurred on April 28, 1973, in the United States at a major Southern Pacific rail yard in the city of Roseville, California. [1] The shipment of munitions bound for the Vietnam War originated at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Explosions continued ...
The 1973 Miami Beach firebombing occurred on February 2, 1973, when a man walked into the crowded Concord Cafeteria in Miami Beach, Florida. He poured gasoline out of a large jar, lit a match, ignited the gasoline, and ran out of the cafeteria. Three people were killed and 139 were injured, including many people who were severely burned.
The Andrew McNally House, designed by Frederick Roehrig, has tragically reportedly burned. The nine-bedroom Queen Anne Victorian mansion, built in 1887 by printing magnate Andrew NcNally, was a ...
The fire started at around 7:30 p.m. on 2 August 1973 when approximately 3,000 people were inside [5] and was caused by three boys who were smoking in a small disused kiosk [6] on the centre's miniature golf course, [7] and who told police it was likely started by a carelessly discarded match or stub. The burning kiosk collapsed against the ...
A 91-year-old man, whose longtime home burned down in the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, is grieving the loss — but looking forward.. Dale Short got emotional as he reacted to the news that his ...