Date in year · 1949 · The 1940s
On April 5, 1949, a fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. Spencer Haywood, Tommy Mottola, Holly Near would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 5, 1949
St. Anthony's Hospital fire was a disaster that occurred on April 4, 1949 in Effingham, Illinois. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital.
Around 1949
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
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1949 fire in Effingham, Illinois, USA
St. Anthony's Hospital fire was a disaster that occurred on April 4, 1949 in Effingham, Illinois. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital.
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