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2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings

1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die

1994 Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed

1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed

1994 Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon, Panama, 21 killed

1994 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed

1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50

1992 Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die

1986 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed

1982 Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60

1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky

1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill

1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons

1977 Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro

1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)

1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington

1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)

1970 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945

1967 Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38

1965 coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236

1965 Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400

1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)

1964 In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border

1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan)

1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298

1957 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada

1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)

1956 Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium

1953 Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St. George, Utah)

1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14

1952 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)

1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada

1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada

1951 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada

1951 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico

1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion

1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111

1947 Massive explosion and fire kills 522 in Texas City, Texas

1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111

1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles

1946 U.S. detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini, 5th atomic explosion

1946 U.S. drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)

1944 Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion

1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria

1941 Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev

1937 Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die

1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium

1932 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion

1932 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA

1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000

1928 Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die

1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah

1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120

1920 Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30

1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania kills 200

1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers

1916 Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks

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

1910 Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies

1910 Explosion at Los Angeles Times kills 21

1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa

1908 Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined, population explosion

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

1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France

1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania

1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City)

1892 Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die

1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns

1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania

1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion

1871 Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin

1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton

1844 Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton

1178 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)



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