Deadliest theater fire in history kills six hundred people

Thursday, December 30 The 364th day of the year 1 days left Today in history A fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, kills more than 600 people on December 30, 1903. It was the deadliest theater fire in U.S. history. Blocked fire exits and the lack of a fire-safety plan caused most of the deaths. The Iroquois Theater, designed b...

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