Heysel Stadium Disaster: 39 Fans Die in Wall Collapse, May 29, 1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
Date: May 29, 1985
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