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Hillsborough

FA Cup semi-final · Sheffield, England · 1989
97 lives lost

To relieve a crush outside, an exit gate was opened — funnelling thousands into pens that were already full.

Hillsborough Disaster Memorial, Sheffield
Hillsborough Disaster Memorial, Sheffield · Terry Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources: SAMS — 4 crowd disasters that changed event safety · Wikipedia — Hillsborough disaster · Wikimedia Commons — Hillsborough Disaster Memorial, Sheffield