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Dec 27, 1975: Coal Mine Explodes in India

A coal mine explosion followed by a flood kills at least 372 workers in Dhanbad, India, on this day in 1975. Hundreds of miners were working at the Chasnala Colliery on the evening of December 27 when an explosion suddenly

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Dec 21, 1975: Carlos the Jackal Attacks OPEC Headquarters

In Vienna, Austria, Carlos the Jackal leads a raid on a meeting of oil ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). German and Arab terrorists stormed in with machine guns, killed three people, and took 63 people hostage,

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