CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. April
  4. 5
  5. St. Anthony's Hospital fire

Events on April 5 in history

1949Apr, 5

A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

St. Anthony's Hospital fire was a disaster that occurred on April 4, 1949 in Effingham, Illinois. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital. It is used as a prime example of possible fire hazards hospitals could and can have.

St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, was operated by the Sisters of St. Francis, who lived in a convent next door.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1949

  • 1Apr

    Communist Party of China

    Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
  • 20Jul

    1948 Arab-Israeli War

    Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
  • 1Oct

    Mao Zedong

    The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
  • 2Oct

    Mao Zedong

    The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
  • 14Oct

    People's Liberation Army

    Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy Guangzhou.