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Upper Big Branch Mine disaster

An explosion rocked the tunnels 1,000 feet underground at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Montcoal, West Virginia. Twenty-nine out of thirty-one miners at the site were killed. Two miners were hospitalized. The accident was the worst in the United States since 1970.

Four fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two men in Turkey

The violence occurred at Istanbul's Taksim Square during a fight between Leeds fans and Galatasaray fans the day before their UEFA Cup semi-final first leg at Galatasaray's Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul. Four men were arrested and charged with their murders.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crashes

The flight, operated using a twin-turboprop Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed just north of Brunswick while approaching the airport for landing. All 23 people aboard the plane were killed, including passengers Sonny Carter and John Tower. Four years later, another Embraer Brasilia of ASA crashed in the Georgia countryside in similar circumstances.

West Berlin discotheque bombing

Three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau district of West Berlin. The entertainment venue was commonly frequented by United States soldiers, and two of the dead and 79 of the injured were Americans.

Mount Etna erupts in Sicily

Lava buried the Etna Observatory, destroyed the 1st generation of the Etna cable-car, and seriously threatened several small villages on Etna's east flank. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

25 fans lose their lives when a stand collapses at Glasgow’s Ibrox stadium as the Scottish national team plays England

The 1902 Ibrox disaster was the collapse of a stand at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England. The match was the first time that the ground had been used more than half full.