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[note 4] Among the dead was a former mayor of nearby Lafayette, Indiana. [11] The 1963 coliseum explosion became the deadliest in Indianapolis's history, surpassing an 1869 boiler explosion that had killed 30 people. [51] Coincidentally, this previous explosion had also occurred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
The Corteva Coliseum is a 6,500-seat indoor multi-use arena, located on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. It was originally called the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum and later the Pepsi Coliseum, [ 6 ] Fairgrounds Coliseum , and Indiana Farmers Coliseum .
Aftermath of October 31, 1963 gas explosion at Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1963. Stacks of chairs and debris near the bleachers following an explosion during the Holiday on Ice performance. Date: November 1963: Source: Randy McWethy Collection: Author: William H. Bass Photo Company, Indianapolis, Indiana: Permission
In 1931, someone stole 16 tons of manure from the fair. That year the National Guard exhibited a new-fangled helicopter. And that's just the start.
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The Indiana State Fair stage collapse was an incident during an August 13, 2011, outdoor concert by Sugarland as part of their Incredible Machine Tour at the Indiana State Fair in which a wind gust from an approaching severe thunderstorm hit the stage's temporary roof structure, causing it to collapse. The structure landed among a crowd of ...
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October 7, 1963: U.S. joins ban of atmospheric nuclear testing October 9, 1963: More than 2,000 in Italy killed by overflow of the Vajont Dam October 26, 1963: Sub-launched nuclear missiles can now strike target "anywhere on Earth" October 31, 1963: 74 killed in Coliseum explosion in Indianapolis. The following events occurred in October 1963: