jan 1, 1969 - Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire.
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an oil slick on the Cuyahoga River - polluted from decades of industrial waste - caught fire on a Sunday morning in June 1969 near the Republic Steel mill, causing about $100,000 worth of damage to two railroad bridges. ... No picture of the '69 river fire is known to exist.
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