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An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas

An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas

1947 explosions at Texas City, Texas
🗓️ 16 April 1947

The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions.

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