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November 21, 2009

On November 21, 2009, a mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108. The year's #1 song was "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas. Shaylee Mansfield, Valentina Tronel, Maddox Batson would arrive in the same year.

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2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.

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On November 21, 2009

  1. 2009 A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

    Coal mine explosion in China

    The 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion was a mining accident that occurred on November 21, 2009, near Hegang in the Heilongjiang, northeastern China, which killed 108 people. A further 29 people were hospitalised. The explosion occurred in the Xinxing coal mine shortly before dawn, at 02:30 CST, when 528 people were believed to be in the pit.

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Died on November 21, 2009

Konstantin Feoktistov Soviet engineer and cosmonaut (1926–2009)

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Shaylee Mansfield 2009– deaf American actress and YouTuber
Valentina Tronel 2009– French child singer
Maddox Batson 2009– American singer and songwriter
Owen Cooper 2009– English actor
Antonio Arena 2009– Italian footballer
YaYa Gosselin 2009– American actress

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