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1993 Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145 1992 Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70 1992 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win 1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes, 21 die 1978 Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado 1976 Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud) 1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy) 1966 Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in U.S.S.R. 1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland) 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory 1957 Teresa Ganzel, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, Teachers Only, Duck Factory 1955 Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Moses Lake Wash, actor, Chips, Duck Factory 1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1954 Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory 1954 Saskia ten Batenburg, Dutch actress, Factory, Hunk 1953 Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory 1952 Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands 1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die 1944 John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire 1943 RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam 1942 RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die) 1942 German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed 1942 German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad 1940 British bomb factory at Breda 1939 Jay Tarses, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor and writer, Open All Night, Duck Factory 1938 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire 1932 David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire 1929 ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union) 1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven, Netherlands opens 1924 Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Factory opens 1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1919 Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam 1918 Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague 1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania kills 200 1918 Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory 1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000 1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers 1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die 1916 U.S.S.R. La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1902 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, Ultimatum Factory, 1902 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, Ultimatum Factory, 1895 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 1862 Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory 1851 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory 1837 Gerrit Jan van Heek, textile factory/politician 1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community 1822 John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland 1786 Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium 1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist |
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