Date in year · 1971 · The 1970s
On December 25, 1971, a fire at the Daeyeonggak Hotel in Seoul, South Korea kills 164 people. The year's #1 song was "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. Franck Esposito, Danie Mellor, Bo Outlaw would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 25, 1971
The Daeyeonggak Hotel fire was a skyscraper fire in Seoul, South Korea on 25 December 1971, which killed 164 people and injured 63. It remains the deadliest hotel fire in history.
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1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.
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1971 fire in Seoul, South Korea
The Daeyeonggak Hotel fire was a skyscraper fire in Seoul, South Korea on 25 December 1971, which killed 164 people and injured 63. It remains the deadliest hotel fire in history.
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