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1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South Africa, kills 50

1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die

1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium

1981 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter

1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)

1970 President Allende nationalizes Chilean coal mines

1967 Tracy Tracy, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal

1966 Steve Dullaghan, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal

1966 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales

1965 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine

1965 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine

1965 coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236

1962 Donna Spangler, born in Los Angeles, California, wrestler, Coal Miner's Daughter-GLOW

1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298

1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die

1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation

1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die

1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14

1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community

1949 Sissy Spacek, born in Quitman, Texas, Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter

1949 Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64

1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111

1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111

1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry

1944 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse

1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia

1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria

1935 Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow, Kentucky, singer, Coal Miner's Daughter

1932 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA

1931 Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47

1929 Kennetgh Couzens, CEO, Coal Products

1928 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pennsylvania coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners

1928 Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die

1925 Kenneth Couzens, CEO, Coal Products

1924 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines

1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster

1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah

1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120

1921 British coal miners goes on strike

1920 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73

1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia

1913 Explosion at Dawson New Mexico coal mine kills 263 mine workers

1913 Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439

1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales

1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico

1912 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)

1910 Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies

1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa

1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91

1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn

1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239

1907 Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361

1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France

1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania

1884 Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist, benzine from brown coal, Nobel

1883 Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners

1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard

1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time

1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin

1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn

1817 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)

1813 David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas

1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa


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