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December 6, 1907
On December 6, 1907, a coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
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A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
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1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1907th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 907th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 20th…
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On December 6, 1907
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1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. 1907 coal mine explosion
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
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- April 17 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- August 1 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
- August 15 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- August 17 Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.
- August 29 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- August 3 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
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