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 Morris K. Udall, (Rep-D-Ariz), 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 capt 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, Yanks, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs
1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
1980 Soviet PM Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness
1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
1980 University adm 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
1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
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 Yanks 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
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 HR (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 milt 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 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
1924 U.S., min of marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal
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 Neth
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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