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Events on Saturday 10 March 1906 1
1906Courrieres mine disasterCoal-dust explosion kills over 1,000 miners in northern FranceAn underground explosion at the Courrieres coal mine in Pas-de-Calais killed 1,099 miners, making it the worst mining disaster in European history. The catastrophe prompted a wave of strikes and led to reforms in French mine safety regulation.