April 15th

On this day - April 15th 1989 - The Hillsborough disaster 

96 Liverpool fans died and another 766 were inured in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. Liverpool was playing the FA cup semi final against Nottingham Forrest when the disaster happened. Due to lack of police control and the opening of an extra entrance became some of the areas allocated to Liverpool fans overcrowded. Just moments after the kick off a crush barrier broke down and fans were crushed to their death on top of each other. The accident was first blamed on the fans, but investigation conduced in 2012 proved that the fans were not to blame for the accident. The Hillsborough disaster is still one of the worlds worst fotball related accidents. 38 of the people who died in the accident was only teenagers and all the people killed were under the age of 50.