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Cause. Excessive internal stresses on logs and inadequate wiring strength on ties. Deaths. 12. Non-fatal injuries. 27. At approximately 2:42 a.m. on November 18, 1999, the annual Aggie Bonfire at Texas A&M University collapsed during its construction, killing 12 people and injuring 27. [1]
Aggie Bonfire. Coordinates: 30.6227°N 96.3352°W - Bonfire Memorial. Aggie Bonfire as it burned in 1989. The Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing annual tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [2] For 90 years, Texas A&M students—known as Aggies —built a bonfire on campus ...
Texas World Speedway (TWS) was a motorsport venue located in College Station, Texas.The track was one of only eight superspeedways of two miles (3.2 km) or greater in the United States used for racing, the others being Indianapolis, Daytona, Pocono, Talladega, Ontario (California), Auto Club, and Michigan (there are several tracks of similar size used for vehicle testing).
The March 1923 Texas Aggie urged, "If there is an A&M man in one-hundred miles of you, you are expected to get together, eat a little, and live over the days you spent at the A&M College of Texas." [24] The event received worldwide attention during World War II , when 25 Aggies "mustered" during the battle for the island of Corregidor .
Box office. $69.7 million [3] The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a 1982 American musical comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins (in his final film as director). An adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name, the film stars Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Jim Nabors, Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise .
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States, situated in East-Central Texas in the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is 83 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Houston and 87 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Austin. As of the 2020 census, College Station had a population of ...
G. Rollie White Coliseum. The G. Rollie White Coliseum was an on-campus arena at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, in the United States. Often referred to as the "Jollie Rollie" or "The Holler House on the Brazos", the arena was the home of Texas A&M's Aggie volleyball team, which played there since its inception in 1975 until 2009.
Rosemarie Bowe. . ( m. 1956) . Children. 2. Signature. Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) [1] [2] [3] was an American actor and television host. Known for his deep voice and commanding presence, he appeared in over forty feature films.