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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