1970 Birthday Kirk Rueter, Centralia, Illinois, pitcher for the Montreal Expos 1961 Birthday Nancy Scranton, born in Centralia, Illinois, golfer, 1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic 1958 Birthday Gary Gaetti, Centralia, Illinois, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals 1947 Event Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 1947 Event Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111
