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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