Ten days after an Illinois State mine inspector approved coal dust removal
techniques at New Orient mine in West Frankfort, the mine exploded, largely
because of coal dust accumulations, killing 119 workers - 1951
Ratification of a new labor agreement at Titan Tire of Natchez, Miss. ends
the longest strike in the history of the U.S. tire industry, which began May
1, 1998 at the company's Des Moines, Iowa, plant ? 2001