1996 Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87
1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed
1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55
1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
1992 Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1991 Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81
1990 Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1987 Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Kain), dies at 80
1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1986 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike
1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike
1982 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
1980 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56
1980 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die)
1974 British mine strike
1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
1970 Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
1968 Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41
1966 Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
1965 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine
1965 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine
1965 Rita Johnson, actress (All Mine to Give), dies at 53
1965 coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
1965 Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
1963 Darren "Dizzy" Reed, U.S. musician, Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine
1963 200,000 French mine workers strike
1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
1961 Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies
1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
1956 Helen Terry, rocker, Now You're Mine
1956 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1952 M Cyril Ramaphosa, sec-gen of South African Mine Workers' Union
1952 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1949 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances
1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1947 United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300
1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111
1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111
1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard
1946 400,000 U.S. mine workers strike
1946 United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
1945 British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
1945 "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 429 performances
1944 Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine," premieres in London
1944 Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms
1942 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
1941 U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
1941 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1941 Wolfgang Petersen, born in Emden, Germany, actor, Shattered, Enemy Mine
1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels
1939 Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
1932 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion
1932 "Make Mine Music," debuts
1932 Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended
1932 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA
1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
1928 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pennsylvania coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
1928 Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die
1927 Doretta Morrow, New York City, actress, Because You're Mine
1926 British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends
1926 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike
1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah
1923 Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post and railroad strike
1923 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
1923 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa
1921 Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
1921 Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails
1920 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73
1919 Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress, Mine Own Executioner
1917 Limburgse mine workers strike
1914 British battleship Audacious sunk by mine
1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia
1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
1913 Explosion at Dawson New Mexico coal mine kills 263 mine workers
1913 Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439
1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales
1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
1912 Rita Johnson, Worcester Massachusetts, actress, Honolulu, All Mine to Give
1912 J-Henri Poincare, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58
1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
1910 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music
1910 Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies
1909 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill
1909 Magda Schneider, actress, Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight
1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa
1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn
1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239
1907 Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361
1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
1907 Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
1905 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
1904 W A "Tony" Boyle, United Mine Workers president
1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania
1902 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die
1902 Dutch State Mine law forms
1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah
1900 George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1899 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1897 Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20
1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania
1890 Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine
1890 United Mine Workers of America forms
1889 Athene Seyler, London, actress, Make Mine Mink
1869 Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania
1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)
1864 Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS and Turkeytown, AL
1856 Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn
1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin
1847 Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, tectonic geology
1798 JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist
1771 Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
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