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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 president, 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, Secretary-General 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 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, Colorado 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 Netherlands-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 1880 John L. Lewis, union leader, United Mine Workers, 1920-60 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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