Date in year · 1940 · The 1940s
On April 23, 1940, the Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. Susan Howatch, Willie John McBride, Tom Jones would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 23, 1940
The Rhythm Club fire was a fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi on the night of April 23, 1940, which killed 209 people and severely injured many others. Hundreds of people were trapped inside the building. S.
Around 1940
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
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1940 dance hall fire in Mississippi that killed 209
The Rhythm Club fire was a fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi on the night of April 23, 1940, which killed 209 people and severely injured many others. Hundreds of people were trapped inside the building. S.
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