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1996 Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies

1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)

1991 Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies

1988 Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn

1987 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated

1985 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4

1984 Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die

1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire

1982 Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank in preparation for STS-5

1981 Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission

1980 Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building

1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die

1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die

1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon

1966 C Thomas Howell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man

1962 James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60

1958 Ice-T, rap singer and actor, New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six

1944 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels

1944 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame

1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany

1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die

1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve

1942 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad

1942 German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe

1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army

1942 Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army

1940 Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1939 Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire

1927 Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die

1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind

1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)

1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France

1898 Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer

1892 Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die

1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony



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