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The 61st Regiment Farm fire and stampede (Chinese: 61团场火灾) was a fire that occurred on 18 February 1977 at 20:15 Xinjiang Time in a public hall showing a movie. The direct cause of the fire was the regiment hesitating to dispose of the memorial wreaths of the late Mao Zedong for five months, and eventually the wreaths were ignited by a spinning top-like firecracker set off by a 12-year ...
Anshan hotel fire: 28, 12: A hotel on the top floor of a department store caught fire. [20] 16 June 2002, Haidian district, Beijing: Lanjisu internet cafe fire: 25, 13: Disgruntled youngsters set fire to a crowded two-story internet cafe in Beijing's university district after being banned. This was the deadliest fire in Beijing in more than 50 ...
The Hotel Polen on fire on May 9, 1977. February 18 – 61st Regiment Farm fire in Xinjiang, China, killed 694. The fire started when a pile of undisposed wreaths for the late Mao Zedong were set off by a child celebrating the Chinese New Year. [7] [100] [101] February 25 – Rossiya Hotel fire in Moscow, Russia, 42–45 killed and 50 injured.
Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 [6] 15–55 million Great Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. [7] Chinese famine of 1876–79. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. [8] 9–13 million Drought Chinese famine of 1928–30. Gansu, Shaanxi. [9 ...
Here's everything you need to know about the Chinese Zodiac according to Chinese astrology and Feng Shui expert Vicki ... 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025): Egnimatic and ... Fire, Earth, Metal ...
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1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean. [11] 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 ...
China is facing a growing international backlash after one of its coast guard vessels used a water cannon against a Philippine boat in the South China Sea on Saturday, an incident analysts say ...