| (1871) Winds whip a small Chicago blaze into a firestorm
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A long drought, strong winds, buildings made primarily of wood, and perhaps a twitchy cow all combine to stoke a minor fire into a conflagration the likes of which Chicago has never seen. Two days of ferocious flames will leave hundreds of thousands homeless and kill some 300 people. . |
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| (1918) Alvin C. York goes above and beyond on the Western Front
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| Born poor in rural Tennessee, and a conscientious objector at the outbreak of WWI, Corporal Alvin York now fights against the Germans in the Argonne Forest, killing 25 and capturing 132 almost all on his own. This heroism will promote him to Sergeant York and merit him the Medal of Honor.. |
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| (1952) Three trains involved in a deadly London-area collision
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In the worst railway accident in the UK’s peacetime history, 112 people die and more than 300 are injured when an express train collides into the rear of a morning commuter train, and both are then struck seconds later by a third train, at Harrow and Wealdstone Station near London. . |
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| (1967) A revolutionary’s journey ends in the Bolivian jungle
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| Native of Argentina, revolutionary in Cuba, writer and doctor, Che Guevara has spent the last two years traveling in Africa and South America championing the cause of Marxist ideology. He’s now caught in Bolivia after 1,800 CIA-backed soldiers surround his guerrilla encampment. . |
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