Explosion Events in History

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2013 Event - An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, causes 15 deaths and major damage to nearby buildings, residences, a nursing home and middle school

2012 Event - At least one person is killed from an explosion in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya

2011 Event - The Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is destroyed in an explosion; the line supplies gas to Jordan and Israel

2010 Event - In San Bruno, California, a fire begins with a massive explosion in a natural gas line, kills 4 people, destroys many homes, and continues burning

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

1995 Event - Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die

1994 Event - Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed

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

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

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

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

1992 Event - Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die

1986 Event - Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed

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

1982 Event - 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky

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

1977 Event - Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons

1977 Event - Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro

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

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

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

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

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

1965 Event - coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236

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

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

1964 Event - 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 Event - 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan)

1962 Event - Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298

1957 Event - 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada

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

1956 Event - Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium

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

1953 Event - Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14

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

1952 Event - Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada

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

1951 Event - 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada

1951 Event - 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico

1951 Event - 1st telecast of atomic explosion

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

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

1947 Event - Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111

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

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

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

1944 Death - Korten, chef General of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion

1942 Event - Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria

1941 Event - Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev

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

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

1932 Event - 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion

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

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

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

1924 Event - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah

1923 Event - Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120

1920 Event - Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30

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

1917 Event - Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers

1916 Event - Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks

1913 Event - Explosion at Dawson New Mexico coal mine kills 263 mine workers

1913 Event - Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439

1913 Event - Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales

1913 Event - Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico

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

1910 Event - Explosion at Los Angeles Times kills 21

1908 Event - 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa

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

1907 Event - Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91

1907 Event - 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn

1907 Event - Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239

1906 Event - Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France

1904 Event - 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania

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

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

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

1891 Event - Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania

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

1871 Event - Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin

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

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

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

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