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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: Caracas: Venezuela 2002 47: 28 Christmas decoration Bouncer delayed exit asking patrons not to leave without paying
September 20 – Study Club nightclub fire, Detroit, Michigan, killed 22. ... 17 December – 2021 Osaka building fire in Japan, killed 26. 2022
History. The first Japanese people came to Detroit in 1892. There were no particular waves of immigration. [3] However, after World War II ended and the Japanese internment camps were disbanded, the first significant wave of those with Japanese origins came to Metro Detroit, [1] [4] with many coming from California.
The Study Club fire killed 22 people and injured over 50 in a Detroit, Michigan dance hall on September 20, 1929. The club was located in the old theater district, at 65 East Vernor Highway, in Detroit. Until the fire, the Study Club operated as a speakeasy nightclub, where alcohol was being illegally sold during Prohibition. The fire is a ...
Devil's Night is a name associated with October 30, the night before Halloween, in Detroit, Michigan, US, and the surrounding area. It is related to "Mischief Night", an informal holiday involving pranks and minor vandalism. However, Devil's Night, especially from the late 1960s to the 1990s, [1] involved widespread serious vandalism and arson ...
A host club (ホストクラブ, hosuto kurabu) has female customers pay for male company. Host clubs are typically found in more populated areas of Japan, and are numerous in Tokyo districts such as Kabukichō, and Osaka 's Umeda and Namba. Customers are typically wives of rich men, women working as hostesses in hostess clubs, or sex workers.
The gang was led by brothers Abe, Joe, Raymond, and Izzy Bernstein, [8] who had moved to Detroit from New York City. [9] While in Detroit casino operator Lincoln Fitzgerald was a gambler and he became associated with the Detroit Purple Gang. [10] In 1976 Fitzgerald opened a 16 story casino which he named Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel. [11]
The 20 Grand. The 20 Grand was one of Detroit 's most famous night clubs. It was located at the intersection of 14th Street and Warren Avenue, at 5020 14th St. It opened by Bill Kabbus and Marty Eisner in 1953. The original facility was destroyed by fire in 1958, at which point it was rebuilt into a renowned multiplex facility showcasing Black ...