World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green_tube_station" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bethnal Green tube station">Bethnal Green tube station</a>.<sup about="#mwt52" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_3#cite_note-9" id="mwvQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwvg">[9]</span></a></sup>
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