2012 Event On the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, China blocks internet access to terms related to the event 2011 Event The Swiss Government blocks 27 million Swiss francs worth of assets belonging to senior Syrian officials 1991 Event New Jersey Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81 1987 Event Washington blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record 1986 Event NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots 1984 Event Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record 1983 Event Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo 1982 Event Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record 1981 Event San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record 1980 Event Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT) 1978 Event Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado 1974 Event Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks 1973 Event Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record) 1948 Event U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin 1947 Event Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles 1946 Event U.N. accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr 1904 Event Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) 1889 Event Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 1882 Event Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
