9 May 1977 May 9, 2014 Author: Staff A fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam resulting in 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it." Gilbert K. Chesterton — Click here for more from Gilbert K. Chesterton Related posts: 9 May 1977 21 July 1977 18 January 1977 9 March 1977 26 June 1977 6 November 1977 24 July 1977 19 January 1977 27 April 1977 Categories: History Tags: 1977, 9 May