2001 Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana
1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1995 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway
1994 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed
1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
1992 Robert Harris, murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City
1990 Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens
1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s
1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war
1986 Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000
1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers
1985 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
1984 U.S. accuse Iraq of using poison gas
1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1982 Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60
1979 Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber
1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed
1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee
1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia)
1974 Fairuza Balk, The Craft, Gas Food Lodging
1974 Gas rationing ends in Netherlands
1973 U.S.S.R.-West Germany gas tunnel opens
1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1970 West-Germany and U.S.S.R. sign gas contract
1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M
1967 Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1966 North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by British Petroleum
1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)
1963 Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)
1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands
1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen
1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City)
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City)
1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, California
1944 Gas output stopped in Amsterdam
1941 Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland
1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
1941 Gas sales limited in U.S.
1937 Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die
1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium
1935 Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber
1932 U.S. Federal gas tax enacted
1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
1927 Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1927 Robert Evans, CEO, British Gas
1926 Gas refrigerator patented
1925 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage
1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind
1924 Denis Rooke, CEO, British Gas
1924 Gee John, U.S. mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies
1921 Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die
1919 Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace
1919 Huntz Hall, New York City, actor, Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game
1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I
1915 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians
1914 Garrett Morgan invents and patents gas mask
1908 Bengt Stromgren, Goteborg Sweden, astrophysicist, studied gas cloud
1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239
1893 Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor
1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car)
1893 Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave
1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200
1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
1871 Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin
1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1850 Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Kentucky
1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)
1837 John van der Waals, Hol, physicist, Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States
1832 Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor
1817 Baltimore is the 1st U.S. city lit by gas
1817 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
1815 1st natural gas well in U.S. is discovered
1813 David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1785 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands
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