With locked exits and boarded-up vents, the Iroquois Theater was a perfect death trap.

A fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, killed more than
600 people on December 30, 1903. It was the deadliest theater fire
in U.S. history. Blocked fire exits and the lack of a fire-safety plan
caused most of the deaths.

Shocking 1903 illustration of the infamous Chicago Iroquois Theater Fire. Originally published in France.

The Oriental Theater, which retained the façade of the ill-
fated Iroquois Theater.

The Tri-States lost a local radio icon Thursday after
Dennis Oliver passed away at the age of 69 after a
battle with Alzheimer’s Disease for several years.

The Pittsfield native entertained the Tri-States for
40 years and touched the lives of many.    

December 28, 1978

United Airlines Flight 173 was a scheduled flight from John F.
Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Portland
International Airport in Portland, Oregon, with a scheduled
stop in Denver, Colorado.

On Thursday, December 28, 1978, the aircraft flying this route
ran out of fuel while troubleshooting a landing gear problem
and crashed in a suburban Portland neighborhood near NE
157th Avenue and East Burnside Street.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The crash site as it looks today.

On December 29, 1890, in one of the final chapters of America’s
long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry killed 146 Sioux at Wounded
Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.

A depiction of the Ghost Dance.

Civilian burial party, loading victims on a cart for burial.

Mass grave at the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.

(FOX NEWS)