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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 1969 Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 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 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: General 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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