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| This
date in Michigan History: January
30, 1962 |
| A circus tragedy leaves two performers
dead in Detroit. |
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During a Shrine Circus performance at the
State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit, the 7-member Flying Wallendas'
"human pyramid" collapsed. Seven thousand spectators watched
as two of the performers fell 36 feet to their deaths.
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