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FILE - Fireworks are seen over the Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations on Jan. 1, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images)
The Akashi pedestrian bridge accident (明石歩道橋事故, Akashi hodōkyō jiko) was a human crush that occurred on 21 July 2001 in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan. In the incident, a large crowd of people packed into a partially enclosed pedestrian overpass leading to Asagiri Station after a fireworks show. The resulting crush killed 11 people ...
In 2001, a woman famously saved her father's life when she used a vacuum cleaner to dislodge mochi from the 70-year-old man's throat. Massive winter storm expected to bring heavy snow, ice, cold ...
The bell ringing in Bosingak was revived in 1953 in the form of Joya no Kane, but using a pattern of 33 ringings instead of the Japanese 108. [13] The attendance for this annual event is so high that trains on the Seoul Subway do not stop at Jonggak station around that time to prevent accidents. Joya no Kane in Seattle (December 2022)
Volendam New Year's fire: Volendam: Netherlands 2001 14: 241 pyrotechnics (sparkler) decorations (Christmas) Canecão Mineiro nightclub fire: Belo Horizonte: Brazil 2001 7: 197 pyrotechnics Myojo 56 building fire: Kabukicho, Shinjuku: Japan 2001 44: 3 suspected arson Fifth-deadliest fire in post-war Japanese history Club La Guajira fire ...
I grew up in a big, busy city called Mito, north of Tokyo. The week before New Year’s, my mother would prepare osechi ryori, assorted cold dishes for sharing with relatives and friends dropping ...
Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion: Devon, Pennsylvania: United States: 9 deaths: factory 1937-07-01: Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion: Nampa, Idaho: United States: 6 deaths: Drug Store 1942-11-06: Rochester Fireworks Company explosion: Perinton, New York: United States: 11 deaths: factory 1947-04-01: Fireworks ...
The Japanese New Year (正月, Shōgatsu) is an annual festival that takes place in Japan.Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu).