1959 – Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
1952 – The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC.
1959 – Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
1952 – The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC.