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On June 9, 1979, the Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. The year's #1 song was "My Sharona" by The Knack. Ruth Beitia, Iván Alonso, Malcolm Christie would arrive in the same year.
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The Sydney Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney in Australia killed seven people and destroyed the ride on 9 June 1979. The fire was originally blamed on an electrical fault despite firefighter observations to the contrary. A 1979 coronial inquiry and mid-1980s investigation were inconclusive about the fire's cause.
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1979 (MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
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1979 amusement park fire in Milson's Point, New South Wales, Australia
The Sydney Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney in Australia killed seven people and destroyed the ride on 9 June 1979. The fire was originally blamed on an electrical fault despite firefighter observations to the contrary. A 1979 coronial inquiry and mid-1980s investigation were inconclusive about the fire's cause.
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