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January 28, 1922

On January 28, 1922, knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.

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1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1922nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 922nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 20th…

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On January 28, 1922

  1. 1922 Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.

    1922 blizzard on the United States East Coast

    The Knickerbocker storm was a blizzard on January 27–28, 1922 in the upper South and the middle Atlantic United States. m. on January 28, which killed 98 people and injured 133.

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