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Tank
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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