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Events on Wednesday 18 November 1987 2
1934 – 1987Jacques AnquetilMaître JacquesThe first to win the Tour de France five times; a master of the time trial. Winner: 5x Tour de France.
1987King's Cross fire kills 31Fire beneath a London Underground station spreads via an escalatorA fire broke out on a wooden escalator at King's Cross St Pancras Underground station in London and spread rapidly, killing 31 people. Investigators identified the previously unknown "trench effect" as the cause of the escalator's sudden acceleration. The disaster led to a ban on smoking and wooden escalators across the Underground.