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On this day, November 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated No. 9 mine.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_20• 1968 – A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.