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On this day: In 1918 - 95 years ago - a massive explosion destroyed a shell-loading plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, killing 100 people and forcing mass evacuations over three days due to fires and secondary explosions that spread ordnance over a wide area. In 1943 - 70 years ago - during World War II, U.S. forces captured Kolombangara Island in the central Solomon Islands. In 1988 - 25 years ago - televangelist Jim Bakker, founder of the "PTL Club", was indicted in Charlotte, North Carolina on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. In 2003 - 10 years ago - a suicide bombing outside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel killed 21 people and injured 51.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:57:04 +0000

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