2013 Event Muslim terrorists set off two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3, injuring 183 people, and at least 15 requiring amputations 2010 Event A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, near Shia mosques, kill dozens of people and wound 100 others 1985 Event Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die 1965 Event Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia 1957 Event Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested 1949 Event Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 1947 Event Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp 1907 Event Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 1883 Event Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
