More than 300 soccer fans were killed and another 500 people were injured on May 24, 1964 at the National Stadium in Lima, Peru, during a riot that erupted after a referee’s call in a soccer match between Peru and Argentina, disallowed an apparent goal for Peru.
The stadium went wild as outraged Peruvian fans invaded the field and police fired tear gas into the crowed causing stampedes in which people were crushed and killed.
