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2010 Event - Economic losses mount and class action lawsuits are filed as the U.S. Coast Guard plans a controlled burn to remove spilled oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster
2009 Event - At a ceremony in eastern Shan State, Burma, authorities burn $93 million in seized narcotic drugs 1994 Event - Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS 1989 Event - Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 Event - 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradfort England 1988 Death - Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies 1987 Event - Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in New York City 1977 Event - Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) 1975 Birthday - Jolene Blalock, born in San Diego, California, actress, best known for playing role of Vulcan T'Pol in 'Star Trek: Enterprise', film 'Slow Burn' 1966 Event - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark 1965 Event - At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada 1944 Event - Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoriums 1943 Event - Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass" 1942 Event - Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich 1928 Event - 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva 1919 Event - 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass 1918 Event - Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604 1900 Event - 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die 1886 Event - 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda 1885 Event - Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1865 Event - Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn city 1864 Event - Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails 1854 Event - U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua 1851 Event - U.S. Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1834 Event - London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1813 Event - British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 1601 Event - Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome 1350 Event - Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples |
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