Heysel Stadium disaster

spectator riot in Brussels, Belgium on 29 May 1985
Event stampede Q323888
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Heysel Stadium disaster

Summary

Heysel Stadium disaster is a stampede[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of stampede entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,118 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heysel Stadium disaster is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's instance of is recorded as stampede[4].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's instance of is recorded as stadium disaster[5].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's location is recorded as Heysel - Heizel[6].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's Commons category is recorded as Heysel Stadium disaster[7].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 60679[8].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's point in time is recorded as +1985-05-29T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.895, 'lon': 4.3338888888889}[10].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's sport is recorded as association football[11].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g7rq[12].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's has cause is recorded as crowd collapses and crushes[13].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+39'}[14].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+400'}[15].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1cbc5a81-d4c7-436f-8a1d-15f2e6e43905[16].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's plaque image is recorded as Heysel (1).jpg[17].
  • Heysel Stadium disaster's Quora topic ID is recorded as Heysel-Stadium-Disaster[18].

Why It Matters

Heysel Stadium disaster ranks in the top 5% of stampede entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,118 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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