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2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan
2005 New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days 1996 Vito Scotti, actor (Nude Bomb, Get Shorty, Big Bus), dies at 78 1996 "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances 1996 "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances 1995 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 1995 Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash 1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed 1994 Petrus HJ van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at 58 1994 Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22 1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed 1992 California Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in New Jersey 1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka 1991 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy 1991 Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan 1991 Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990 1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy 1990 Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers 1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident 1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike 1989 George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85 1988 "Les Miserables," opens a Bus and Truck tour in Tampa 1988 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York 1988 Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason 1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million 1987 Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company 1986 Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24 1986 Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24 1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis 1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London 1976 36-hour kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California 1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil 1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India 1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt) 1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard 1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus 1967 Beatles' Magical Mystery Bus driven around England 1964 Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra's orders 1963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) 1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia 1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1961 Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama 1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service 1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee, Florida 1955 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks 1955 Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus 1955 William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City 1951 Richard B. Shull, U.S. actor, Hail to the Chief, Big Bus 1950 New York City bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents 1948 New York City subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents 1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 1945 During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington) 1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 1944 Stockard Channing, born in New York City, actress, Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace 1942 Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) 1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1937 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) 1937 Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13 1935 Belinda Lee, born in Devon, England, actress, Who Done It, Runaway Bus 1932 Richard Mulligan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus 1929 Don Murray, born in California, actor, Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love 1924 George Segal, New York, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures, Bus Driver 1923 Harold Gould, Schenectady, New York, actor, He and She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus 1922 George Axelrod, playwright, Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop 1921 Frankie Howerd, actor, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus 1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st U.S. bus line, in Minnesota 1914 Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota 1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop 1913 Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist, bus protestor 1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood) 1904 World's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in New York City, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Brooklyn bridge-145 and Bdwy) 1903 George Coulouris, Manchester England, actor, Runaway Bus 1897 1st British bus service opens 1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies 1849 Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies, dies at 69 1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea 1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea 1780 Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1826-30 |
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