Fact #61894
When:
Short story:
A deliberately set fire kills 87 people trapped in an
unlicensed social club called Happy Land in the West Farms section
of The Bronx, New York, USA. The incident will become the subject
of several songs, including Sin Of The City by
Duran Duran, Happyland by Joe
Jackson, A Dollar's Worth of Gasoline by Tom Russell and You, Me, Him, and Her by Jay-Z.
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