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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 ...
The pilgrims panicked, and the ensuing stampede reportedly resulted in the deaths of thousands of Jews. [2] According to Josephus, "upwards of ten thousand" [ 3 ] and more than twenty thousand [ 4 ] people perished in the event, though these numbers may have been exaggerated.
The Khodynka Tragedy (Russian: Ходынская трагедия) was a crowd crush that occurred on 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1896, on Khodynka Field in Moscow, Russia.The crush happened during the festivities after the coronation of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II.
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Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.
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The following is a list of presidents of the United States by date of death, plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics. Of the 45 people who have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789, [ a ] 40 have died – eight of them while in office .
CNN: "Iraq mourns 965 stampede victims" Reuters: "Iraq mourns as stampede loss overshadows war" The Times (London): Panicked pilgrims were crushed or leapt for their lives into Tigris; The Guardian (London): "A cry of suicide bomber, and 700 perish in Iraq stampede" "They were crying to be rescued. But there was no way to help them. It was ...