2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, 45 trapped coal miners are pulled to the surface in Sanmenxia; 8 miners died 2011 Event In China, a fire in a coal mine in Shandong Province leaves at least 36 people trapped underground 2010 Event In Heuneburg, Germany, scientists discover a late Bronze Age grave of a Celtic princess, containing amber, gold, bronze and coal 2010 Event Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia 1993 Event Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South Africa, kills 50 1992 Event Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die 1988 Event Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium 1981 Event 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter 1972 Event Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 1970 Event President Allende nationalizes Chilean coal mines 1967 Birthday Tracy Tracy, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal 1966 Birthday Steve Dullaghan, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal 1966 Event 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales 1965 Event Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine 1965 Event Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine 1965 Event coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236 1962 Birthday Donna Spangler, born in Los Angeles, California, wrestler, Coal Miner's Daughter-GLOW 1962 Event Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298 1960 Event Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die 1957 Event 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation 1953 Event Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die 1953 Event Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14 1951 Event France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1949 Birthday Sissy Spacek, born in Quitman, Texas, Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter 1949 Death Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64 1947 Event Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 1947 Event Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 1947 Event Britain nationalizes its coal industry 1944 Event 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse 1942 Event 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia 1942 Event Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria 1935 Birthday Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow, Kentucky, singer, Coal Miner's Daughter 1932 Event 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA 1931 Death Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 1929 Birthday Kennetgh Couzens, CEO, Coal Products 1928 Event "Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pennsylvania coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners 1928 Event Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die 1925 Birthday Kenneth Couzens, CEO, Coal Products 1924 Birthday [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines 1924 Event 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster 1924 Event Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1923 Event Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120 1921 Event British coal miners goes on strike 1920 Death Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 1914 Event 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia 1913 Event Explosion at Dawson New Mexico coal mine kills 263 mine workers 1913 Event Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439 1913 Event Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales 1913 Event Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico 1912 Event Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 1910 Event Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies 1908 Event 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa 1907 Event Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 1907 Event 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn 1907 Event Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 1907 Event Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 1906 Event Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1904 Event 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania 1884 Birthday Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist, benzine from brown coal, Nobel 1883 Birthday Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners 1864 Event Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard 1854 Event Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time 1847 Birthday Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin 1839 Event Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn 1817 Event 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) 1813 Event David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas 1808 Event Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
