128 sourced Articles, covering events from 1692 to 2021.
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28 November 1942
Former Cocoanut Grove nightclub site in Bay Village, United States
On 28 November 1942, fire spread through the overcrowded Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston. Combustible decorations and finishes carried flame and toxic smoke through connected rooms, while …
3–8 June 1943
Downtown Los Angeles theater district, represented at Pershing Square, United States
In June 1943, groups of white servicemen moved through Los Angeles attacking, beating, and publicly stripping Mexican American youths identified by zoot suits; Black and Filipino residents …
6 July 1944
Ringling Brothers circus lot on Barbour Street, United States
During an afternoon Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey performance on 6 July 1944, fire raced across the waterproofed canvas big top in Hartford. Thousands fled beneath …
17 July 1944
Port Chicago Naval Magazine explosion pier and national memorial, United States
Two explosions destroyed the ammunition-loading pier at Port Chicago Naval Magazine on 17 July 1944, killing 320 sailors and civilians. Of the dead, 202 were Black enlisted …
16–17 April 1947
Port of Texas City ammonium-nitrate explosion area, United States
On 16 April 1947, a fire aboard the French freighter Grandcamp at Texas City reached roughly 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate. The ship detonated, destroying docks, chemical …
July 1947
Foster Ranch debris field north of Roswell, United States
In July 1947, rancher W. W. Brazel found lightweight debris on a New Mexico ranch. Roswell Army Air Field announced that it had recovered a 'flying disc,' …
5 August 1949
Mann Gulch wildfire and smokejumper escape route, United States
On 5 August 1949, fifteen Forest Service smokejumpers and a local fire guard confronted a small wildfire in Mann Gulch. Wind and terrain drove a sudden blowup …
12 April–May 1955
Former Cutter Laboratories vaccine plant, United States
Weeks after the Salk polio vaccine was licensed in April 1955, children developed paralysis after receiving lots made by Cutter Laboratories. Some vaccine contained live poliovirus that …
1 December 1958
Our Lady of the Angels School site, United States
Shortly before dismissal on 1 December 1958, a basement fire spread into an open stairwell at Our Lady of the Angels parochial school in Chicago. A combustible …
17 August 1959
Madison Canyon landslide and Earthquake Lake, United States
Near midnight on 17 August 1959, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Yellowstone National Park. Faulting tilted roads and cabins around Hebgen Lake, while a massive …
May 1962
Centralia underground mine-fire and former town area, United States
A fire entered abandoned anthracite workings beneath Centralia in 1962 and resisted decades of containment attempts. Heat, carbon monoxide, smoke, subsidence, and ground cracks gradually made parts …
15 September 1963
16th Street Baptist Church, United States
On Sunday morning, 15 September 1963, Ku Klux Klan members bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, a center of civil-rights organizing. The blast killed Addie Mae Collins, …
27 March 1964
Prince William Sound rupture zone and south-central Alaska, United States
A magnitude 9.2 earthquake ruptured the Alaska–Aleutian subduction zone for roughly four and a half minutes, making it the most powerful earthquake recorded in United States history. …
21 June 1964
Mount Zion Church and Neshoba County murder landscape, United States
On 21 June 1964, civil-rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi. A deputy sheriff arrested them, held them until night, …
7 March 1965
Edmund Pettus Bridge and Selma-to-Montgomery Trail, United States
On 7 March 1965, about six hundred voting-rights marchers left Selma for Montgomery. At the far side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabama state troopers and a …
11–17 August 1965
Arrest site at Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street, United States
On 11 August 1965, California Highway Patrol officer Lee Minikus stopped Marquette Frye near Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street and attempted to arrest him for suspected drunk …
23–28 July 1967
12th Street uprising area and former Economy Printing building, United States
A police raid on an after-hours club early on 23 July 1967 triggered five days of rebellion in Detroit. Looting and fires spread as local police, Michigan …
12 February–16 April 1968
Clayborn Temple and downtown march landscape, United States
About 1,300 Black sanitation workers struck the City of Memphis in 1968 after workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker were crushed in a malfunctioning garbage truck. They …
28 June–3 July 1969
Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and surrounding Greenwich Village streets, United States
After police raided the Stonewall Inn in the early hours of 28 June 1969, patrons and a growing crowd resisted rather than dispersing. Confrontations and demonstrations continued …
20 November 1969–11 June 1971
Alcatraz Island, United States
On 20 November 1969, Native students and activists landed on vacant Alcatraz Island and claimed it as Indian Land. Calling themselves Indians of All Tribes, they demanded …
6 December 1969
Altamont Speedway concert site, United States
On 6 December 1969, an estimated 300,000 people converged on Altamont Speedway for a hastily organized free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones. Poor site planning, limited …
4 May 1970
Kent State Commons and Blanket Hill shooting site, United States
On 4 May 1970, Ohio National Guard members fired sixty-seven rounds in thirteen seconds at Kent State University students during a protest against the expansion of the …
29 August 1970
Laguna Park, now Ruben F. Salazar Park, United States
On 29 August 1970, an estimated twenty to thirty thousand people marched through East Los Angeles against the Vietnam War and the disproportionate burden borne by Mexican …
9–13 September 1971
Attica Correctional Facility, United States
On 9 September 1971, incarcerated men took control of part of Attica Correctional Facility and held guards and civilian employees while demanding humane conditions and political rights. …