2006 Alaska's Augustine volcano erupts
1995 Mt Ruapehu Volcano (North Island, NZ) erupts
1994 Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14
1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
1991 Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts
1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history
1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1985 Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1978 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York
1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
1967 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1961 A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha
1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (Mexico)
1919 Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550
1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
1902 Mt. Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
1872 Volcano Vesuvius erupts
1843 Mt. Rainier in Washington State erupts
1842 Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts
1834 Mt. Vesuvius erupts
1814 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
1783 Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000
1693 Mt. Etna erupts, Sicily
1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000
1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000
79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
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