Unix Timestamp: 1271721600
Tuesday, April 20. 2010, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Deepwater Horizon oil platformexplodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers. The resulting Horizon oil spill, one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling.

The Transocean-owned oil rig Deepwater Horizon explodes, leaking about 4,900,000 barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. At least seven people were injured and over a dozen were missing at sea. //www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36683314 ("MSNBC")