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Events on Saturday 20 February 1943 1
1943Parícutin volcano erupts from a Mexican cornfieldA new volcano is born in MichoacánA volcano began erupting from a farmer's cornfield near the village of Parícutin in Michoacán, Mexico. It grew hundreds of metres over the following years and buried two villages. Scientists were able to document a volcano's whole life from its birth onwards.