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2000 Kenya Airways flight 431 crashes near Cote d'Ivoire, killing 170, likely cause was a mechnical problem
1999 EgyptAir flight 990 crashes 60m off coast of Nantucket, killing 217, likely cause was an Islamist suicide replacement pilot 1998 SwissAir flight 111 crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia killing all 229 onbaord, likely cause was an electrical fire 1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England 1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 minnutes delay in Toronto Blue Jays game 1976 Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37 1974 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th 1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause 1970 Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death 1968 Frank Watkins, U.S. heavy metalist bass, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence 1955 James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in car crash at 24 1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths 1952 Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer, Good Cause 1951 Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist, Good Cause 1951 Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest 1949 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners 1939 Sal Mineo, New York City, actor, Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause 1938 Natalie Wood, Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause 1938 Landslides and floods cause over 200 deaths in Los Angeles, California 1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32 1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause 1922 Stewart Stern, screenwriter, Rebel Without A Cause 1915 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary 1911 R. Nicholas Ray, born in Galesville WI, director, Rebel Without a Cause 1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB 1880 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer, Short Cause 1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews 1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained 1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" |
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