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