2004 Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti
2004 Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention
2004 Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor, fired by Nixon during the Watergate hearings, dies at 92
2004 Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79
2004 At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia
2002 Jeff Corey, actor/teacher, blacklisted actor during the McCarthy era, dies at 88
2001 Emilie Schindler, humanitarian, ", helped save 1,000 Jews during WWII, ", dies at 93
2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry
1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China
1998 President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1998 At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia
1997 Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom
1996 2 U.S. Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games
1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland
1994 Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg"
1994 Thadde Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, murdered during the Rwandan genocide
1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
1993 Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
1992 During spelling bee, Quayle misspells potato, as potatoe
1991 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die
1991 Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies
1991 Jason Christmas, dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49
1990 Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing
1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2
1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows
1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less
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 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1986 150 killed during race riot in Karachi
1986 NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game
1986 Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
1983 Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
1983 Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race
1983 Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race
1983 Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard
1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53
1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass
1979 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC
1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
1977 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO
1976 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
1975 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire
1974 U.S. Gen George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series
1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1973 During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes
1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1972 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
1971 Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44
1971 Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lion collapses during game and later, dies
1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice
1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation
1969 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1968 During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute
1968 Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup
1968 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies
1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hr, 34 die
1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)
1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
1966 Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert
1966 Martin Luther King, Jr. stoned during Chicago march
1965 Barbara Lufthansa Herzog, born during Lufthansa Frankfurt-NY flight
1965 Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home
1962 Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia
1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit
1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game
1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time
1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled
1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC
1956 AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die
1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul
1951 During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul
1950 During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea
1949 Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman during the 70's
1945 During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington)
1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
1945 U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II
1945 U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II
1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1944 During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1944 Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
1944 During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
1944 Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
1944 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
1943 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1943 Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II
1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime
1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II
1943 Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II
1943 Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight
1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France
1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
1942 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
1942 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich
1942 U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II
1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1940 British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
1940 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt
1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II
1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II
1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II
1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
1939 U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II
1939 Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II
1936 Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's
1932 During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
1932 U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York
1930 Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler, England during 50's
1926 P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper, Indian during 1950's
1925 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's
1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
1922 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa
1920 Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game
1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel
1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I
1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
1918 During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
1917 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I
1917 Gen Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
1917 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
1917 Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10
1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II
1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I
1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I
1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
1913 Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"
1913 William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87
1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt
1910 New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
1909 President Taft inaugrated at 27th president during 10" snowstorm
1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South
1904 Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96
1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo
1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City)
1901 Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1901 Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1900 Ernie Pyle, born in England, correspondent during WW II
1898 U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war
1898 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War
1898 U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War
1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48
1886 Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency, Frances Folsom
1884 Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM during WW II
1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
1878 German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election
1877 Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa
1872 Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War
1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1865 Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War
1864 Union Gen William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War
1864 Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea
1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
1861 British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War
1861 Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm
1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia
1843 An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston South Carolina thunderstorm
1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse
1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1827 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
1817 Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen
1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812
1813 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812
1793 Execution of Girondins at Paris, during Reign of Terror
1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution
1776 British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution
1776 British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution
1776 British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
1774 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse
1770 Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
1758 Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return
1755 Brit Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War
1755 E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War
1750 Stephen Girard, bailed out U.S. bonds during War of 1812
1746 Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment, 1771-92
1738 George III, English King during American Revolution, 1760-1820
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.)
1559 Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament
1476 400 Burgundy soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy
1469 Manuel I, King of Portugal, 1495-1521, during era of exploration
1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1349 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
644 Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt
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