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Shocking news came today that Steve Irwin of Crocodile Hunter fame, died today in Australia. Irwin was filming a documentary at the time, when he apparently killed by a stingray.

Irwin was swimming above the stingray, when the poisonous barb punctured Irwin’s heart. Efforts were made to save Irwin, but attempts failed and Irwin was pronounced dead minutes later.

“The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet,” John Stainton told reporters in Cairns. “He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, ’Crocs Rule!”’

Steve Irwin had a passion for the outdoors and for saving animals. Steve Irwin was a fixture in most homes around the world.

Steve Irwin will truely be missed.

Chicago. One of my favorite cities. On this date in history, one of the biggest disasters in U.S. history occurred.

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying several square miles in Chicago, Illinois. Though the fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the nineteenth century, the rebuilding that began almost immediately spurred Chicago’s development into one of the nation’s most populous and economically important cities.