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 min 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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