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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 Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean 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 New York 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, Netherlands, 150 die 1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000 1654 Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed |
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