9/19/1902 Birmingham, AL the yell of “fire” in church causes 100+ to be trampled to death at the Shiloh Baptist Church at 9 o’clock after BOOKER T. WASHINGTON concluded his speech to the National Convention; the Shiloh Church is a large place of worship, with more than 2,000 in attendance; cries of “Fight!” “Fight!” were mistaken for “Fire,” a deadly scramble to get out began – 1908 Vallejo, CA Navy Ship Yard an oil explosion kills 1 – 1905 Toronto, ON a flour mill fire kills a firefighter and injures 2 others – 1843 Bayou Sara, LA the Steamer CLIPPER NO 1 boiler explosion kills 14, 9 are injured and 10 missing – 1957, the US detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas – 1881 President James Abram Garfield died 2 months after being shot – 1827 Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife –
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