24 March 1999 Posted on March 24, 2016 by Staff A fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel in the western Alps of Europe kills 39 people. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky." Rainer Maria Rilke — Click here for more from Rainer Maria Rilke Related posts: 26 March 1999 20 July 1999 21 January 1999 16 July 1999 3 January 1999 20 April 1999 20 July 1999 23 February 1999 20 July 1999 5 October 1999