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The Happy Land fire was an act of arson that killed 87 people on March 25, 1990 in the Bronx in New York City, United States. The 87 victims were trapped in the unlicensed Happy Land social club, located at 1959 Southern Boulevard in the West Farms section of the Bronx.
- 87
- March 25, 1990; 33 years ago, 3 a.m. EDT
- Argument with ex-girlfriend
Julio González (born October 10 1954) is a Cuban-born warehouse worker and arsonist responsible for the Happy Land Fire that killed 87 people in the Bronx, New York City, on March 25, 1990. It is one of the largest mass murders in United States history.
Jan 10, 2022 · Jan. 10, 2022. The Bronx fire that killed 17 people on Sunday was the deadliest fire in New York since 1990, when a fire at a Bronx nightclub left 87 dead. That fire, which was set by an...
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Sep 15, 2016 · Julio Gonzalez, a jilted lover whose arson revenge at the unlicensed Happy Land nightclub in the Bronx in 1990 claimed 87 lives, making him the nation’s worst single mass murderer at the...
Mar 25, 2020 · The fire at the Happy Land Social Club on March 25, 1990, resulted in the largest loss of life in New York City since the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire: 87 people at the club died...
Mar 25, 2015 · Gonzalez entered the Happy Land social club in the Bronx, which was humming with mostly Latin immigrants partying and dancing. His former live-in girlfriend, Lydia Feliciano, was checking coats and they had a violent argument. Gonzalez was thrown out.
Mar 25, 2015 · New York. First published on March 25, 2015 / 3:14 PM EDT. © 2015 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Julio Gonzalez set fire to Happy Land in the Bronx after an argument with...
