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Benxi, Liaoning, Manchukuo (now China) 1,099: 10 March 1906 Courrières mine disaster: Courrières, France 687: 15 December 1914 Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster: Kyūshū, Japan 682: 9 May 1960 Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion Datong, China 581: 16 April 1947 Texas City disaster: Texas City, Texas, U.S. 512: 28 August 1899
Article Province Deaths Notes 1887 Yellow River flood: Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu: 930,000 [12]1975 Banqiao dam failure: Henan, Anhui: 230,000: This dam failure was a landmark technological failure in the 20th century.
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Events in the year 1960 in the People's Republic of China. Incumbents. Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party — Mao Zedong;
Pages in category "1960 disasters in China" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Great Chinese Famine
A fog warning system was installed after this crash, however a similar crash occurred 18 years later. September 23 – Japan – An Akakura - Togakushi regular route bus carrying 82 passengers plunged from a single-lane road into a ravine in Shinano, Nagano . 15 people were killed and 67 were injured.
The blast was China's worst industrial accident in a year, until the November, 2009, [19] Heilongjiang mine explosion. On March 20, six miners were killed and four were missing at the Lianfa Coal Mine in Qinglong County , Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture , Guizhou province [ 20 ]
The harvest was down by 15% in 1959 compared to 1958, and by 1960, it was at 70% of its 1958 level. [24] Specifically, according to China's governmental data, crop production decreased from 200 million tons (or 400 billion jin) in 1958 to 170 million tons (or 340 billion jin) in 1959, and to 143.5 million tons (or 287 billion jin) in 1960. [25]