1987 Death Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1974 Death Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 1944 Event 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed 1925 Event Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1904 Birthday Theodore Brameld, author/educator, Use of Explosive Ideas 1846 Event C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive 1772 Event Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
