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Christopher Kanu

The other 9 have all been notched for Nigerian club Eagle Cement in the league, and the tenth goal came on his league debut for Owerri Stampede Nigeria FC.


1945–46 FA Cup

The tournament witnessed a disaster in the sixth round when, during the second leg of the Bolton–Stoke City tie, 33 people were crushed to death in the Burnden Park disaster.

2011 Sabarimala stampede

Amid a renewed debate after this stampede, Kerala High Court wanted to know whether or not the ‘Makarajyothi' is a man-made phenomenon, asking about the authenticity of the hallowed celestial light visible from Sabarimala.

2013 Kumbh Mela stampede

The 2003 Kumbh Mela stampede killed 39 people in the city of Nashik, and seven were killed during the 2010 Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.

Coronation of the Russian monarch

The celebration at Nicholas II's coronation in 1896 was marred by the Khodynka Tragedy, when 1,389 persons were trampled to death during a stampede prompted by rumors that there were not enough mementos to go around.

Cuban Assassin

Ángel Acevedo (born 1945), professional wrestler appearing with Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, Central States Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling

December 2007 Bocaue fire

The people ran for safety to a nearby vacant lot, just behind a terminal of passenger vans servicing the route of Bocaue, Bulacan to SM City Pampanga in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, causing a stampede.

Edwin Harrison McHenry

In the 1880s McHenry was the principal assistant engineer on Stampede Pass during the construction of Stampede Tunnel, linking western Washington and especially the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma to the East by rail.

In the 1880s on the Northern Pacific, McHenry was the principal assistant engineer on Stampede Pass during the construction of Stampede Tunnel, linking western Washington and especially the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma to the East by rail.

Freddie Sweetan

Wrestling under the name Freddie Sweetan, Prosser teamed with Stampede Wrestling veteran "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan and eventually won the Stampede Wrestling Tag Team Championship before losing the titles to Bud & Ray Osborne in Calgary, Alberta on April 18, 1969.

Gil Hayes

Also teaming with Danny Babich against Joe Tommaso & Ed Sullivan, Hayes also faced Buck Jones, The Stomper, the Quebec Giant, Dan Kroffat and Stampede North American Champion Les Thornton, losing to him on April 23.

Magna Stampede

Magna Stampede was repainted from a Beast Machines toy named Battle Unicorn originally created in 2001 which was, as his name suggests, a Unicorn but now with a color scheme similar to that of a Zebra.

Mandhradevi

Over 300 devotees died during the pilgrimage in a stampede in 2005.

Minty Peterson

In 2007, a line said by the character, referencing the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 where 96 people died in a human crush during a football match, received complaints.

Mr. Hito

While driving to a show in Lethbridge with Bruce Hart, Jim Neidhart, Gerry Morrow and a Stampede road hand, he had suffered facial injuries as well as a broken wrist and a dislocated knee after hitting the back tires of semi-trailer as it was pulling into a roadside gas station.

Northern Pacific Railway locomotives

As a rule they did not work west of Easton, Washington, due to the confines of Stampede Tunnel under the summit of Stampede Pass.

PhilSports Stadium stampede

The Wowowee stampede (also referred to as the ULTRA stampede) was a stampede that occurred at the PhilSports Stadium (also known as the ULTRA) in Pasig City, Metro Manila in the Philippines on February 4, 2006.

San Angelo Stampede Express

The San Angelo Stampede Express was a professional indoor football team from San Angelo, Texas owned by Darlene Jones.

Scott McGhee

He would continue competing in Wahoo McDaniel's Florida promotion as well as the Mid-Atlantic and Calgary Stampede territories before suffering a career ending stroke on January 31, 1988.

Stampede Light

Stampede Light PLUS (Stampede Beer) is the first government approved beer with added B-vitamins.

Stampede Pass

After a period of dormancy in the late 20th century, the Stampede Pass Line and Tunnel were revived in 1997 by BNSF Railway, which utilizes the route as one of two direct Northern Transcon main lines through the Cascades between Spokane and Seattle.

As of 2007, BNSF and government agencies in Washington state are committed to enlarging Stampede Tunnel to accommodate larger intermodal freight cars.

Vash the Stampede

The lead singer of Mushroomhead wore a Vash the Stampede coat in many concerts before it was stolen from his dressing room.

2 years later, the priest Nicholas D. Wolfwood arrives in a city in search for Vash the Stampede.

World Professional Chuckwagon Association

It has been suggested that Guy Weadick saw match races at the 1922 Gleichen (Alberta) Stampede between farm wagons pulled by 4 horses.

Some of the notable active drivers that have each won a World Championship and/or Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championship are Kelly Sutherland, Jerry Bremner, Hugh Sinclair, Jason Glass, Rick Fraser, Luke Tournier, Reg Johnstone, Chad Harden and Troy Dorchester.

Yemeni presidential election, 2006

On 12 September 2006, at least 51 people were killed and more than 200 injured when a stampede broke out in a stadium packed with thousands of supporters of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh.


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