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1994 Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS
1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradfort England 1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies 1987 Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in New York City 1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) 1966 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark 1965 At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada 1944 Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoriums 1943 Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass" 1942 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich 1928 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva 1919 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass 1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604 1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die 1886 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda 1885 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1865 Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn city 1864 Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails 1854 U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua 1851 U.S. Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1813 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 1601 Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome 1350 Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples |
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