- December 7
- In Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA, a falling meteorite starts a fire, destroying a house. [521]
1908
- June 30
- A bright fireball is seen shooting over Vanavara on the Stony Tunguska River in central Siberia, Russia, exploding 5-10km above the forest, knocking trees flat over 2150km2 area, burning an area 1000km2, sucking ash 20km into the atmosphere, incinerating many herds of reindeer and killing a few people. The explosion is heard 1000km away. The object, likely a comet or asteroid fragment, is estimated to have been 1-5 tons, 156m diameter. [1] [521] [523.183] [526.3]
1909
- May 29
- In Shepard, Texas, USA a meteorite drops through a house. [521]
1910
- April 27
- A giant meteor bursts over Mexico, falls in mountains, starts forest fire. [521]
- (month unknown)
- A 16kg carbonaceous chondrite meteorite (type CV) falls at Vigarano in Italy. [523.91]
1911
- June 16
- In Kilbourn, Wisconsin, USA a meteorite strikes a barn. [521]
- June 28
- A series of loud bangs are heard over Alexandria, Egypt, as about 40 pieces of a meteorite fall totalling 40kg, one kills a dog. The meteorite is named Nakhla for the village of El Nakhla El Baharia. (70 years later it is shown to be from Mars.) [521] [523.106]
1912
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- A meteorite is found at Adelie Land, 32km west of Cape Denison, Antarctica, first meteorite found on the continent. [523.55]
- July 19
- In Holbrook, Arizona, USA 14,000 meteorite stones fall; no injuries reported. [521]
1914
- January 9
- A meteor explosion in Western France breaks windows. [521]
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- November 22
- In Batavia, New York, falling meteorites damage a farm. [521]
1916
- January 18
- In Baxter, Missouri, a falling meteorite strikes a building. [521]
1917
- December 3
- In Strathmore, Scotland, a falling meteorite strikes a building. [521]
1918
- June 30
- In Richardton, North Dakota, USA, a chondrite meteorite falls striking a building. (It is later found to have sufficient isotope xenon-129 to indicate origin in a supernova before birth of Solar System, 4560 million years ago.) [521] [523.122]
1919
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- The Cumberland Falls cubrite meteorite falls in Kentucky, USA. [523.104]
1920
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- An iron meteorite weighing about 60 tons is found near Groot Fontein in Namibia, the largest meteorite ever found. [523]
1921
- July 15
- In Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USA a falling meteor starts a fire. [521]
- December 21
- In Beirut, Syria, a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]
1922
- February 2
- In Baldwyn, Mississippi, USA, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the earth. [521]
- April 24
- In Barnegat, New Jersey, USA an overhead explosion of comet fragment rocks buildings, shatters windows, and releases clouds of noxious gas. [521]
- May 30
- In Nagai, Japan, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]
- (month unknown)
- A stony meteorite shower takes place at Tsarev, Russia. [526.xix]
- December 6
- A rain of stony meteorites occurs in Tsarev, Russia, dispersed over 65km2, estimated 1300kg site, 80 recovered meteorites, ranging 50 grams to 284kg. [526.156]
1924
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- The Johnstown achondrite diogenite meteorite falls in Colorado, USA. [523.103]
- July 6
- In Johnstown, Colorado, USA, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]
1929
- December 8
- In Zvezvan, Yugoslavia, a falling meteorite kills one person in a bridal party. [521]
1930
- August 13
- In Brazil, the "Rio Curaca event", a bolide explosion in mid-air, producing fire and "depopulation". Prior to explosion was "an ear-piercing whistling sound", the sun appeared to be "blood-red", and a fall of fine ash which covered the surrounding vegetation with a blanket of white. [521]
- September 13
- A fireball plunges into the sea near Eureka, California. [521]
- November
- Over 40kg of chondrite meteorites (type CK) fall at Karoonda in Southern Australia. [523.91]
1931
- July 10
- In Malinta, Ohio, USA an overhead cometary fragment explosion occurs, producing a crater, a smell of sulfur, windows broken in a farmhouse, and four telephone poles snapped. [521]
- September 8
- In Hagerstown, Maryland, USA a meteorite crashes through a roof. [521]
1932
- August 4
- In Sao Christovao, Brazil, a meteorite fall destroys a warehouse roof. [521]
- August 10
- In Archie, Missouri, USA a falling meteoroid strikes a homestead; no injuries. [521]
1933
- February 24
- In Stratford, Texas, a bright fireball is seen in the sky, falling as a 4-pound metallic meteorite. [521]
- August 8
- In Sioux County, Nebraska, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]
1934
- February 16
- Over Texas, USA, a pilot swerves to avoid crashing with a fireball. [521]
- February 18
- In Seville, Spain, a house is struck by a falling meteorite and burns. [521]
- (month unknown)
- The Rumuruti meteorite falls in Kenya. [523.93]
- September 28
- Over California, USA, a pilot escapes a fireball shower. [521]
1935
- August 11
- In Briggsdale, Colorado, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]
- December 11
- In British Guyana, close to Marudi Mountain, a large meteoroid or small asteroid likely explodes in mid-air, creating an elongated area over 32km long of destroyed forest. [521]
1936
- March 14
- In Red Bank, New Jersey, USA, a meteorite crashes through a shed roof. [521]
- April 2
- In Yurtuk, USSR, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]
- October 19
- In Newfoundland, a fisherman's boat is set on fire by a meteorite strike. [521]
1938
- March 31
- In Kasamatsu, Japan, a meteorite pierces the roof of a ship. [521]
- June 16
- In Pantar, Phillipines, several buildings are struck by falling meteorites. [521]
- June 24
- In Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA, a cow is struck and injured by a 450-ton falling meteorite. [5] [521]
- (month unknown)
- The Ivuna carbonaceous chondrite meteorite (type CI1) falls in Tanzania. [523.90]
- September 29
- In Benld, Illinois, a garage and car are struck by a 4-pound meteorite. [521]
1941
- July 10
- In Black Moshannon Park, Pennsylvania, USA, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage. [521]
1942
- April 6
- In Pollen, Norway, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage. [521]
- (month unknown)
- The Kapoeta meteorite falls in Sudan. [523.103]
1943
- June 20
- New Québec (Chubb) Crater (3.5 km diameter) discovered in northern Québec, Canada. [1]
1946
- May 16
- In Santa Ana, Nuevo Leon, a meteorite destroys many houses, injuring 28 people. [521]
- November 30
- In Colford, Gloucestershire, UK, a meteorite fall knocks out telephones service, and knocks a boy off his bicycle. [521]
1947
- February 12
- In Sikhote Alin, Vladivostok, Russia, an iron meteor of estimated weight 70-300 tons breaks up about 4.5km above the earth and rains iron meteorites, producing about 200 craters up to 26.6m in diameter and 6m deep, over an area 12km by 4km. A total of 8000 iron meteorites weighing 28-29 tons are recovered. The meteor is projected to ave originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. [1] [521] [523.33] [526.xix,58]
1949
- September 21
- In Beddgelert, Wales, a meteorite strikes a building. [521]
- November 20
- In Kochi, Japan, a hot meteoritic stone enters a house through a window. [521]
1950
- May 23
- In Madhipura, India, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]
- September 20
- In Murray, Kentucky, USA, several buildings are struck by falling meteorites. [521]
- December 10
- In Saint Louis, Missouri, USA a falling meteorite strikes a car. [521]
1953
- March 3
- In Pecklesheim, Federal Republic of Germany, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]
- (month unknown)
- The Abee enstatife meteorite falls in Canada. [523.92]
1954
- January 7
- In Dieppe, France, a meteorite explodes, smashing windows of a building. [521]
- November 28
- In Sylacauga, Alabama, USA a woman is struck by a 4kg meteorite that crashed through the roof of a house. [521]
- November 30
- First meteorite (8 pounds) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges in Sylacauga, Alabama, USA). [1]
1955
- January 17
- In Kirkland, Washington, USA two iron meteorites break through an amateur astronomer's observatory dome; one sets a fire. [521]
- November 3
- Alabama woman bruised by a meteor. [1]
1956
- February 29
- In Centerville, South Dakota, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]
1959
- April 17
- A bright fireball is photographed by a synchronized network of cameras over Czechoslovakia, breaking up into about 19 pieces, with four recovered near Pribram. The photos allow determination of the asteroid belt as place of origin. [523]
- October 13
- In Hamlet, Indiana, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]
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