Template:Did you know nominations/Thanksgiving Day Disaster

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:09, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanksgiving Day Disaster

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• ... that even though many fans died after falling onto a furnace at a college football game, the event continued? Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/19/big-game-horror-in-1900-was-quickly-forgotten/
  • ALT1: ... that during a college football game, 23 spectators who did not pay the admission fee died after falling onto a furnace at a nearby glass factory? Source: https://www.sfweekly.com/news/sudden-death-boys-fell-to-their-doom-in-s-f-s-forgotten-disaster/
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  • Comment: This is my fifth DYK.

Moved to mainspace by Scorpions13256 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:11, 27 February 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: I've made a few copyedits and corrected a quote. A fascinating article about a shocking incident. Either hook could be used, but I think the first one is more "hooky". —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 17:19, 3 March 2022 (UTC)