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The MGM Grand fire occurred on Friday, November 21, 1980, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (later Bally’s, now Horseshoe Las Vegas), located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. [ 1] The fire began from a refrigerated pastry display case in one of the restaurants, located on ...
In May, a fire completely destroyed the National Library, with the loss of 100,000 volumes as well as 40,000 manuscripts. September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire in Houston, Texas, killed 55. 1944. May 12 – Union Hotel fire in Oroville, California, killed 15. July 6 – Hartford Circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 168.
On October 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel. He fired more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people [ a] and wounding at least 413.
The murder of Jasmine Fiore occurred on August 15, 2009. Fiore was a model from Santa Cruz, California, United States. Her body was discovered on August 15, 2009, after having been strangled and stuffed into a suitcase. Her remains had been mutilated to prevent recognition; she was eventually identified by the serial numbers of her breast implants.
The permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history will feature 58 candle-like beams under a plan officials in Las Vegas approved Tuesday.
On the night of Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, targeting concertgoers below at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.
1981-02-10. 8. Busboy under influence of drugs set fire to a curtain in an elevator lobby on eighth floor, 350 injured and eight killed in fire. [ 4][ 5] Lin Newborn / Daniel Shersty. Las Vegas. 1998-07-04. 2. Two men killed by white supremacist in remote desert location outside Las Vegas.
Two children were killed and a third was clinging to life after a man opened fire early Monday in a northeast Las Vegas Valley residence, also killing a woman and himself, police said.. The ...