2015 Event Scientists using geophysical methods to map underground archaeological sites have discovered a set of stone monoliths buried 3 feet deep near Stonehenge; the stones are estimated to be 4,500 years old 2014 Event New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a ban of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking; the technique, used to extract natural gas and oil, requires injection of chemicals, sand and water at high pressure underground, posing environmental concerns 2011 Event In China, a fire in a coal mine in Shandong Province leaves at least 36 people trapped underground 2010 Event Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapo mining accident is rescued from the mine 2010 Event Wild celebrations occur as a drill reaches an underground chamber with 33-trapped Chilean miners inside 2010 Event A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners who remain trapped underground after the 2010 Copiapo mining accident August 5, 2010 1998 Event Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India 1998 Event India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap 1992 Event Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 1988 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1988 Death Nico, U.S. model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43 1987 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1987 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1987 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1985 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1985 Death Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38 1984 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1984 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1984 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1984 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1984 Event U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test 1984 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1983 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1983 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1983 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1983 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1983 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1981 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1981 Event 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery 1981 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1981 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1980 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1979 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1979 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1979 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Event U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test 1977 Event U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test 1977 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1976 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1976 Event Washington D.C. underground Metro opens 1975 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1975 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1975 Event 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 1974 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1974 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1974 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1973 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1973 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1973 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1972 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 Event U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians 1971 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1970 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1970 Event U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground) 1970 Event U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground) 1969 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1969 Event U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians 1969 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1968 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1968 Event U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground) 1968 Event U.S. underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device 1967 Death Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49 1966 Event U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1966 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1966 Event U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1966 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1965 Event U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians 1965 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1965 Event France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) 1965 Event France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1964 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1964 Event U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss 1964 Event Underground America Day is 1st observed 1964 Event 1st driverless trains run on London Underground 1963 Event U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Fallon Nevada 1963 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1962 Event 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria 1961 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico (underground) 1961 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1961 Event John F. Kennedy begins underground nuclear testing 1957 Event 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada 1951 Event 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada 1951 Birthday Robert Hegyes, New Jersey, actor, Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter 1942 Event National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms 1942 Birthday John Cale, born in Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Velvet Underground 1942 Birthday Lou Reed, Firbank, Freeport, New York, rock vocalist in the Velvet Underground 1941 Birthday Krzysztof Kieslowski, born in Poland, director/actor, Underground Passage 1938 Birthday Nico, U.S. model/pop singer, Velvet Underground, Venus in Furs 1935 Event Moscow underground opens (81 km long) 1924 Birthday Edmund Purdom, England, actor, Asissi Underground, Pieces 1913 Death Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY 1912 Event 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person 1907 Birthday Gunter Eich, German literary, Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo 1906 Event London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) 1902 Event Underground railway (U-Bahn) 1901 Birthday Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents 1893 Birthday Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground 1890 Event Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London) 1865 Event 1st U.S. underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania 1863 Event 1st underground railway opens in London 1853 Event Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad 1853 Event Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape 1831 Birthday Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor 1821 Birthday William Sill, with The Underground Railroad
