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Three gasoline multiple units carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station, Yumesaki Line (Nishinari Line), Osaka, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92. | Monday, January 29th, 1940 |
Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility, subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. | Monday, November 6th, 1944 |
World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 70,000 people are killed instantly. | Thursday, August 9th, 1945 |
Heavy massive rain and mudslide occurred, some bridge destroyed at Nagasaki, Japan, 299 killed. | Saturday, July 24th, 1982 |
Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts. | Saturday, November 17th, 1990 |
Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb. | Thursday, June 6th, 2002 |
107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan. | Monday, April 25th, 2005 |