Nov. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1883, the United States adopted Standard Time and set up four zones -- Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. In 1928, Mickey Mouse appeared for the first ...
On November 18, 1999, a long-standing Texas A&M University tradition turned deadly. As students worked through the night to build the massive 59-foot bonfire stack, the structure suddenly collapsed.
Tuesday marks the 26-year anniversary of a bonfire collapse that killed 12 people at Texas A&M University back in 1999.
The senior in charge of 1999 Bonfire construction sat unnoticed among a throng of students in the Flagroom of the Memorial Student Center, watching a live report about the fate of one of Texas A&M ...