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2008 Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis
2002 China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure 1998 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt 1997 Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales 1997 U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out 1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike 1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike 1994 Brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43 1994 Michael Peters, dies of complications due to AIDS at 46 1994 New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1994 Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 1993 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism 1993 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King 1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1991 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine 1991 Mo Udall, Representative-D-Arizona, resigns due to Parkinson disease 1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day 1990 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats 1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion 1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad 1990 Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water 1990 Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill 1990 AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch 1989 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played 1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami 1988 Chris Evert defaults at U.S. Open due to a stomach flu 1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1988 Amateur referees work New Jersey Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils 1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair 1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1987 LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse 1987 Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to brain tumor 1986 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1984 West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption 1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1984 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage 1983 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem 1982 IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy 1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans 1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war 1981 Due to strike, Yankees, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs 1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat 1980 Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness 1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest 1980 University administraion declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles and post-season play due to transcript and curriculum abuses 1979 South African President Vorster resigns due to scandal 1978 CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past 1978 Italy's President Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing 1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke 1975 U.S. decides John Lennon won't be deported due to U.K. pot conviction 1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing" 1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis 1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests 1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike 1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure 1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1968 Yankees and Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew 1968 Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1966 Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow 1966 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark 1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner) 1964 Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression 1964 Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest 1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler 1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1962 Southern University closed due to demonstrations 1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1961 Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th 1960 Belgium threatens to leave United Nations due to criticism on it's Congo-policy 1960 Riot due to school integration in New Orleans 1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog 1959 Iraq terminates military assistance pact with U.S. due to neutrality 1958 Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 1958 French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis 1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria 1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1953 French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1951 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR" 1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins 1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1945 Jose Feliciano, born in Lares, Puerto Rico, singer, blind due to congenital glaucoma, guitarist, composer, wrote international hits 1945 Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain 1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 1943 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II 1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer 1942 Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II 1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1940 Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania 1937 Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money 1935 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) 1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas, only known fatality due to hail 1926 German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army 1926 Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining 1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer 1925 German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption 1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1919 Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic 1918 Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early 1918 Baseball season ends due to WW I 1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly 1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium 1913 Government -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription 1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1903 Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley 1899 British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa 1873 Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising 1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1831 Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather 1817 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 1726 People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax 1714 People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands 1693 Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages 1680 Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal 1680 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal 1601 Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy 1205 Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus |
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