Today in History – October 23

1989 – Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314.

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Memorial to the victims of the Phillips Disaster of 1989

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Site of the Phillips Disaster explosion (Oct 23, 1989)

2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.

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House of Culture of State Ball-Bearing Plant Number 1