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2012 Event - Volcanic activity alerts are issued in Chile and Argentina, in areas near the Copahue volcano, after it started to spew ash

2012 Event - For the second time in four months, New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volano erupts; the volcano is located on the country's North Island

2012 Event - Residents near Columbia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano are evacuated due to a possible eruption

2011 Event - The most active volcano in Iceland, Grimsvotn, erupts and triggers 50 small earthquakes

2010 Event - The Mount Bulusan volcano in the Philippines erupts again, spreading an ash plume up to 700 meters above the volcano's crater

2010 Event - Sumatra's Sinaburg volcano continues to erupt, two people are killed and 21,000 are evacuated from the vicinity

2010 Event - Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people

2010 Event - Iceland's volcano causes Britain's two busiest airports to close in addition to Dublin Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

2010 Event - Ash from the Iceland volcano causes new flight restrictions at airports including Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport Knock

2010 Event - Planes return to the air in Germany, France and Italy after being grounded by ash clouds from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano

2010 Event - Planes across the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are grounded as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano

2010 Event - Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway

2009 Event - 30,000 Phillipine people remain in temporary shelter as scientists predict the Mount Mayon volcano will erupt in the coming weeks

2006 Event - Alaska's Augustine volcano erupts

1995 Event - Mount Ruapehu Volcano, North Island, New Zealand erupts

1994 Event - Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14

1991 Event - Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines

1991 Event - Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts

1991 Event - Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts

1991 Death - Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan

1986 Event - Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746

1985 Event - Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed

1985 Event - Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000

1979 Event - 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter

1975 Event - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii

1969 Birthday - Anne Heche, Ohio, actress, Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano

1965 Event - Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed

1962 Event - Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die

1961 Event - Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic)

1957 Birthday - Julian Cope, Welsh pop musician, Eve's Volcano

1955 Birthday - Guy Gallo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, writer, Under the Volcano

1953 Event - Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)

1952 Event - Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5

1948 Birthday - Maurizio Nichetti, actor, Icicle Thief, Volcano

1948 Birthday - Anthony Andrews, born in London, England, actor, Under the Volcano

1943 Event - New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (Mexico)

1936 Birthday - Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor, Dresser, Under the Volcano

1930 Event - Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles

1919 Event - Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550

1909 Birthday - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist, Under the Volcano

1902 Event - Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent kills 2-5,000

1888 Event - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years

1886 Event - Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)

1883 Event - Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000

1872 Event - Volcano Vesuvius erupts

1867 Event - Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)

1824 Event - Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives

1815 Event - Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)

1814 Event - Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200

1793 Event - Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000

1783 Event - Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000

1783 Event - Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption

1669 Event - Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000

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