1996 Death Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies 1994 Event Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) 1991 Death Theo Laseroms, Tank, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies 1988 Event Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn 1987 Event Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated 1985 Event 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4 1984 Event Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die 1984 Event Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 1982 Event Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank in preparation for STS-5 1981 Event Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission 1980 Event Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building 1973 Event 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1973 Event Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1970 Event Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1969 Birthday Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1966 Birthday C Thomas Howell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man 1962 Death James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60 1944 Event Tank division of British Guards free Brussels 1944 Event France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1943 Event Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1943 Event Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1943 Event 4th day of battle at Kursk: General Model uses last tank reserve 1942 Event Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad 1942 Event German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe 1942 Event Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army 1942 Event Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army 1940 Birthday Theo Laseroms, The Tank, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord 1939 Birthday Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire 1927 Event Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die 1925 Event 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind 1917 Event 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1916 Event 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1898 Birthday Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer 1892 Event Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die 1848 Event Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
