On this day: August 13

POSTED: 10:42 PM PDT Aug 09, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 12, 2012 

Disney brings an animated deer to movie screens, construction begins on the Berlin Wall, a Hall of Fame slugger dies and tragedy strikes the Indiana State Fair, all on this day.

OTD August 13 - Rosemount Horizon
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Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune

1979: The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon (now known as the Allstate Arena) near Chicago collapses, killing five workers and injuring 16.

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