As the Hillsborough disaster is in the news again in the UK due to the ongoing inquest, the BBC has run a feature on Peru's 1964 stadium which, it is rightly pointed out, is little known globally. I had actually never heard of it. This is a very interesting, though sad, article:
Lima 1964: The world's worst stadium disaster (BBC)
See also this piece from the Guardian archives:
From the archive, 26 May 1964: Hundreds dead in stampede at football match
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