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2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan
2009 Joao Bernardo Vierira, President of Guinea-Bissau is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau 2008 Tim Russert, dies in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack, at 58 2008 William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75 2008 Elaine Dundy, dies at 86, of a heart attack 2007 Jaime Fuster, Representative-D-Puerto Rico 1985 - 1992, died from a heart attack 2007 Wally Schirra, dies in La Jolla, California, of a heart attack, at 84 2005 Howell Heflin, Senator-D-Alabama 1979 - 1997, died of a heart attack 2004 Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors 1998 Bernard J. Dwyer, Representative-D-New Jersey 1981 - 1993, died of a heart attack 1998 Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada 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, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, 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 (Olympic-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 (Captain 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 - Assistant Secretary 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-Philadelphia, 1972 - 1980, 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 U.S. and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (U.S. 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, actress '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 New Zealand 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 Edward Zorinsky, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987, died of a heart attack 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 Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, 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 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/lieutenant governor of 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. Vice President 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 U.S. jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack 1945 U.S. 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 German 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 Brigadier General 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 Czechoslovakians 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 General 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 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 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, Russisan, French and Austria-Hungary 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, Tennessee: 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: General 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 General 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, New Hampshire 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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