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Crime History 1999 - It was announced that Gabriel Gomez had been charged with the kidnapping and murder of Sandra Rosas, wife of Los Lobos singer/guitarist Cesar Rosas. She had disappeared from her home on October 23. Disaster History 1907 - In Monongah, WV, a coal mine explosion killed 362 people. 1917 - In Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, about 1,600 people were killed when a Belgian steamer collided with the ammunition ship Mont Blanc. 1971 - In Tikaka, Sudan, 10 people were killed when a Sudan Airways flight crashed. The flight had been hijacked and was forced to land while running out of fuel. There were 32 survivors. 2002 - In Jilin province, China, 30 coal miners were killed in an underground fire in a mine shaft. Death History |