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2004 Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors

1997 Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54

1997 Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54

1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82

1997 Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack

1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87

1997 Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77

1997 Fred Zinnemann, director, A Man for All Seasons, dies of heart attack at 89

1997 Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79

1996 Mario Savio, activist, dies of heart attack at 53

1996 Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58

1996 Paul Erdos, mathematician, dies of heart attack at 83

1996 Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack

1996 Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77

1996 John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51

1996 Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54

1996 MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66

1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack

1995 Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28

1995 Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74

1995 Maxene Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies of heart attack at 79

1995 George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88

1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier

1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79

1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)

1995 Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed

1994 Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed

1994 Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80

1994 Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22

1994 Dub Taylor, actor (Poor Pretty Eddie), dies of a heart attack at 87

1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51

1994 James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75

1994 Zoltan Fabri, Hungarian director, dies of heart attack at 76

1994 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13

1994 Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed

1994 Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan

1994 William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44

1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed

1994 Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74

1994 Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack

1994 Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71

1994 Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed

1994 Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed

1994 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43

1994 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79

1994 John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43

1994 William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73

1994 Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car

1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan

1993 Rita Macedo, actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at 65

1993 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead

1993 Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88

1993 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast

1993 IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed

1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack

1993 Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80

1993 Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack

1993 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42

1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack

1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack

1993 Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56

1993 Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71

1993 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93

1993 Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71

1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die)

1993 Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85

1993 Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85

1993 Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60

1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta

1993 Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49

1993 Peter Brocco, blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89

1992 Percy Herbert, actor (Capt Apache), dies of heart attack at 72

1992 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack

1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51

1992 John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51

1992 John Hancock, actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51

1992 Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75

1992 Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack

1992 John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69

1992 Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44

1992 Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44

1992 Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56

1992 Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93

1992 Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38

1992 Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack

1992 Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43

1992 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52

1992 Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74

1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67

1992 Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72

1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53

1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack

1991 Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60

1991 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67

1991 Dehl Berti, actor (Bullies), dies of heart attack at 70

1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state

1991 Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack

1991 Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70

1991 Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60

1991 Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68

1991 Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of heart attack at 51

1991 Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51

1991 Dixie Dunbar, [Charlotte King], dies of heart attack at 72

1991 Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61

1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53

1991 Frank Rizzo, (Mayor-D-Phila, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70

1991 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack

1991 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67

1991 Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79

1991 Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59

1991 George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71

1991 Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85

1991 US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time)

1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq

1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15

1990 Pony Sherrell Metcalf, New York, singer, dies of heart attack

1990 Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74

1990 David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74

1990 Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87

1990 William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89

1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72

1990 Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83

1990 Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71

1990 Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56

1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack

1990 Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72

1990 Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58

1990 Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack

1990 Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72

1990 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack

1990 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60

1990 Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57

1990 Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70

1990 Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68

1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51

1989 John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38

1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78

1989 Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56

1988 Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52

1988 Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52

1988 John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington

1988 Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76

1988 South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in

1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches

1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3

1988 Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack

1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46

1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40

1988 William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82

1987 James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies

1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57

1987 IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed

1987 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed

1987 Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65

1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed

1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack

1987 Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58

1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed

1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 1 dead

1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed

1986 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed

1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed

1986 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed

1986 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid

1986 U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack

1986 O'Kelly Isley, U.S., singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48

1986 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad

1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed

1985 Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed

1985 Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44

1985 Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70

1985 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72

1985 France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior

1985 Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72

1985 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78

1985 Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack

1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels

1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76

1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack

1985 Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86

1985 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75

1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java

1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74

1984 Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24

1984 Oskar Werner, actor (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61

1984 Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57

1984 Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack

1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed

1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack

1984 James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75

1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple

1984 Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72

1984 May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack

1984 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack

1984 South-Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty

1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran

1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured

1983 Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54

1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed

1983 Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack

1983 Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83

1983 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany

1983 Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72

1983 George Cukor, director, dies of stroke and heart attack at 83

1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69

1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62

1982 Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed

1982 Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73

1982 Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Soviet 1st sect, dies of a heart attack at 77

1982 Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead

1982 Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700

1982 Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66

1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II

1982 Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68

1982 Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58

1982 Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack

1982 Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack

1981 Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured

1981 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack

1981 Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack

1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed

1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran

1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2

1981 Roy Brown, rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack

1981 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36

1981 Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55

1980 Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76

1980 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris

1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed

1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed

1980 Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61

1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France

1980 Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires

1979 Crowds attack U.S. embassy at Tripoli Libya

1979 Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack U.S. embassy, 1 dies

1979 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland

1979 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack

1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium

1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium

1979 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack

1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran

1978 Uganda troops attack Tanzania

1978 Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51

1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed

1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed

1977 Bing Crosby, singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74

1977 Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47

1976 Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack

1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32

1975 Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack

1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67

1973 Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed

1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel

1973 Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51

1973 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73

1972 Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57

1971 Renee Evans, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 63

1971 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65

1971 Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84

1971 Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67

1971 Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77

1971 Virginia Eames, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 82

1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C.

1971 Saalman Raelyn, Fostoria Ohio, actress, Attack of 60' Centerfold

1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50

1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves

1970 Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52

1969 Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed

1969 Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA

1969 Rex Ingram, actor and director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73

1969 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77

1969 Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79

1969 U.S. troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill

1969 Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61

1969 Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66

1969 Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72

1969 Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack and she dies Feb 5th

1968 Lisa Marie [Sliwa], born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actress, Mars Attack

1968 New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack

1968 Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48

1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases

1967 Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64

1967 Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76

1967 Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50

1967 Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87

1967 Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66

1967 Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75

1967 Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67

1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69

1967 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack

1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46

1967 Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83

1966 Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60

1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog

1966 Bill Nestell, U.S. actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73

1966 Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72

1966 Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48

1966 Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58

1966 Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64

1966 Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65

1966 Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68

1965 Clara Bow, actress (It, Red Hair, Wings), dies of heart attack at 59

1965 Tammy Parks, Rockville Centre, New York, actress, Attack of 60' Centerfold

1965 Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday

1965 Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72

1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74

1965 John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52

1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots

1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack

1963 Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39

1963 John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54

1963 Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74

1963 Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74

1963 Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack

1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73

1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack

1962 Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86

1962 Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56

1961 Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51

1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack

1961 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53

1961 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66

1961 Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63

1960 Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57

1960 Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72

1960 Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67

1960 Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack

1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta

1960 Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem

1959 Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60

1959 Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40

1959 Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72

1959 Errol Flynn, U.S. actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50

1959 Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack

1959 Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45

1959 Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56

1958 Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44

1958 Rioters attack U.S. VP Nixon in Venezuela

1958 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack

1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack

1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest

1956 Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73

1956 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack

1955 President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver

1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies of heart attack at 73

1951 NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination

1950 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia

1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel

1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel

1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek

1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die

1946 Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel

1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet

1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin

1945 U.S. troops attack the Elbe

1945 British commands attack Elbe and occupies Lauenburg

1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany

1945 U.S. Marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa

1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug

1945 Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London

1945 Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto

1945 Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine

1945 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa

1945 U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar

1945 334 U.S. B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb

1945 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo

1945 Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald

1945 Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam

1945 US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack

1945 US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa

1944 Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed

1944 German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar

1944 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse

1944 U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo

1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)

1944 Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank

1944 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg

1944 German counter attack at Avranches fails

1944 Anti-German attack at Avranches fails

1944 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam

1944 Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau

1944 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack

1944 Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach

1944 British Mosquito's attack Cologne and Berlin

1944 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima

1944 German counter attack at Caen

1944 German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy

1944 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas

1944 KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail

1944 Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots"

1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux

1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer

1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails

1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague

1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra

1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz

1944 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg

1944 705 British bombers attack Essen

1944 811 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin

1944 823 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 891 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin

1944 285 German bombers attack London

1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 447 German bombers attack London

1944 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg

1943 444 British bombers attack Berlin

1943 Germans attack Jews in Denmark

1943 British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz

1943 German counter attack at Salerno

1943 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde

1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt

1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire

1943 772 British bombers attack Hamburg

1943 Counter attack by Hermann Goering Armour division in Sicily

1943 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund

1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea

1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia

1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto

1943 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands (85 killed)

1943 German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia

1943 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg

1943 Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack

1943 German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia

1943 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)

1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56

1942 Allies air attack on Den Helder

1942 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division

1942 Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled

1942 German forces attack Stalingrad

1942 U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France

1942 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich

1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea

1942 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands

1942 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck

1942 German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery

1941 Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)

1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy

1941 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa

1941 British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied

1941 Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails

1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow

1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran

1941 German troops attack Dnjepr

1941 Russian counter attack at Rovno

1941 German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas

1941 Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol

1941 British troops attack Baghdad

1941 Paul Winfield, Louisiana, actor, Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack

1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain

1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)

1941 British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya

1941 100 German bombers attack Athens

1941 Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council

1941 Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore

1941 Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya

1940 F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44

1940 British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet

1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack

1940 Japanese troops attack French Indo-China

1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt

1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)

1940 German planes attack British ships in the Canal

1940 Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France

1940 French counter attack at Peronne under Gen De Gaulle

1940 Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

1939 Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa

1939 German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard

1939 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II

1937 Japanese attack Shanghai

1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China

1936 Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate, Jul 1959, /actress, Attack of 50' Woman

1936 Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine

1935 David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961

1935 Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961

1935 Hans H. Boswinkel, actor and director, Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love

1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination

1933 Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test

1932 U.S.S.R. and France sign no attack treaty

1932 U.S.S.R. and China sign no attack treaty

1931 France and U.S.S.R. sign neutrality/no attack treaty

1930 Allison Hayes, Washington, actress, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

1929 Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem

1929 Arabs attack Jews in Israel

1928 Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die

1927 William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!

1926 Rick Jason, New York City, actor, Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn

1925 Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor and director, Surprise Attack, Elevator

1922 Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops

1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt

1920 Polish troops attack Ukraine

1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem

1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack

1919 U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack

1918 Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov)

1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel

1918 British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan

1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium

1917 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London

1917 Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship

1916 1st (German) air attack on London

1916 Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress, Attack and Retreat

1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack

1916 German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun

1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front

1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium

1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun

1915 British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis

1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont

1915 Failed British attack in Dardanelles

1915 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians

1915 German submarine attack on Le Havre

1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die

1914 Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai

1914 General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris

1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac

1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China

1913 President Wilson says U.S. will never attack another country

1913 Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine

1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid

1905 British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos

1905 Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa

1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships

1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City)

1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits

1901 A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral, Walcheren attack, 1944,

1901 Arabs attack Gedara, Palestine

1900 General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia

1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa

1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed

1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured

1899 Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack

1898 U.S. Marines attack Spanish off Guantanamo, Cuba

1896 Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea

1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries

1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland

1885 Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united

1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack

1879 Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus

1879 Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa

1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5

1873 U.S. Marines attack Panama

1864 Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities

1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont

1864 Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed

1864 Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg

1864 Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire

1863 Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter

1862 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely

1862 Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack

1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack

1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC

1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi

1861 Skirmish at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Terr - Rebels attack Union troops

1860 Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)

1846 U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros

1838 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed

1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days

1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack

1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War

1814 British attack Ft. Ontario, Oswego, New York

1805 U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli

1800 John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry

1792 Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI

1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname

1781 Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack

1777 British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4

1776 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York)

1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack

1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, NH

1774 Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army

1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI

1745 French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York

1741 French troops attack the Rhine

1704 French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100

1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100

1694 English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed

1690 English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade

1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands

1625 Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico

1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp

1573 Spanish attack Alkmaar

1572 Spanish troops attack Maastricht

1544 English troops attack The Canal

1511 Portugese assault on city Malakka attack

1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici

1407 Mobs attack Jewish community of Cracow

1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed

1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews

1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force

1241 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany

1148 Crusaders attack Damascus

1148 Crusaders attack Damascus

860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople

406 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz



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