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Coal mining
An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.
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An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.
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Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
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Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-131 to resupply the International Space Station.
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