1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
1995 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured
1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed
1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1
1993 Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 and injuring 160
1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City
1991 Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die
1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die
1990 BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 person dies
1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s
1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1988 NY bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die
1988 North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die
1987 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
1986 Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl U.S.S.R. explodes, 31 die
1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1986 Space Shuttle Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
1985 Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil
1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes, 21 die
1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire
1984 Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
1983 A truck bomb explodes at U.S. Embassy in Kuwait
1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
1983 Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids and teacher
1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
1979 IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp
1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed
1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes
1976 Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud)
1976 Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast
1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia)
1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
1974 Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK
1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1970 Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 U.S. exchange students explodes
1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
1970 French submarine "Eurydice" explodes
1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa
1967 Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing
1967 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
1965 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
1963 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
1963 Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)
1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria
1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
1960 French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
1958 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec
1957 Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
1956 U.S. explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes
1954 U.S. explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
1953 U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
1952 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5
1949 U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1949 U.S.S.R. explodes their 1st atom bomb
1948 Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100
1948 I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die
1947 Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die
1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300
1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
1945 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico
1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1944 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed
1944 Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
1944 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322
1944 Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
1942 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
1941 Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die)
1932 Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed)
1932 Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada
1928 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pennsylvania coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
1927 Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1926 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
1921 Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die
1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed
1917 French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700
1917 British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804
1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000
1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die
1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die
1916 U.S.S.R. La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000
1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
1916 German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
1915 Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
1915 French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
1911 French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
1908 Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
1907 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
1905 Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes
1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die
1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes
1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die
1856 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Neth, 150 die
1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
1654 Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed
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