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The E2 nightclub stampede occurred on February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub above the Epitome restaurant at 2347 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in which 21 people died and more than 50 were injured when panic ensued from the use of pepper spray by a security guard to break up a fight. The club's ...
Musician. Appeared as himself in The Lawrence Welk Show. [133] May 2 Susan Buckner: 72 Actress (The Brady Bunch Hour, The Amazing Howard Hughes, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Return Engagement, When the Whistle Blows). She made guest appearances in Police Woman, Switch, Starsky & Hutch, B. J. and the Bear and The Love Boat. [134] Edgar ...
Two days after this incident, the local mayor banned wingsuit flying above Chamonix. [109] [110] [97] 18 November 2016 Mehdi Habibi 38 Switzerland Iranian BASE jumper, died after jumping with a wingsuit from the "High Ultimate" in the Lauterbrunnen, Mürren area of the Swiss Alps. He was found dead in rough terrain by a team of Air Glaciers in ...
14 died in the fire and 5 died of injuries received from jumping out of windows Dale's Penthouse: Montgomery, Alabama: United States 1967 26: 8 non-extinguished tobacco pipe left in jacket pocket in the cloakroom: Restaurant/lounge on the top floor of an 11-story building with no fire escape Club Cinq-Sept fire: Saint-Laurent-du-Pont: France ...
A 53-year-old man died Friday while working on the setup of the track used for NASCAR’s street races in downtown Chicago this weekend. Per WGN, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ...
1820: Madame Delinsky, the female half of a magic act, was accidentally shot and killed while performing the "bullet catch" trick. One of the six marksmen had mistakenly loaded his rifle with a live bullet. 1829: Sam Patch, an American daredevil, died in Rochester, New York, during a jump into the High Falls of the Genesee River. He had ...
Long jump: Car accident. [17] 26 Aug 1977: Tadeusz Zieliński Poland: 31: 3000 metres steeplechase: Car accident. [18] Jul 1981: Dele Udo Nigeria: 24: 400 metres: Killed by a Nigerian police officer following an argument. [19] 27 Sep 1981: Bronisław Malinowski Poland: 30: 3000 metres steeplechase: Car accident. [20] 12 Nov 1984: Christopher ...
After his family moved to Michigan, [9] Kromelis remained in Chicago and found work in a factory. He later obtained a peddler's license, [8] and sold jewelry for income while wandering the Loop. [10] Over the decades, he became a noted Chicago personality. [11] He was the subject of a 2006 documentary called "Dudementary". [12]