A fire at the Central library of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Public_Library" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Los Angeles Public Library">Los Angeles Public Library</a> damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.<sup about="#mwt175" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"}}' id="cite_ref-32" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_29#cite_note-32" id="mw-A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 32;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-Q">[32]</span></a></sup>
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