The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.

Our Lady of the Angels School fire

1958 school fire in Chicago, Illinois

On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, shortly before classes were to be dismissed for the day. The fire originated in the basement near the foot of a stairway. The elementary school was operated by the Archdiocese of…