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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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