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Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. Wikipedia
Date: April 15, 1989
Number of deaths: 97
Injuries (nonfatal): 766
Cause: Overcrowding in central pens of stand
Inquest: Stefan Popper; (1st inquest, 1989–1991); Sir John Goldring; (2nd inquest, 2014–2016)