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2010 Event - Ejup Ganic, former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is stopped while trying to escape war crime charges, at London Heathrow airport 1983 Death - Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 82 1980 Event - 6 Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of Canadians 1978 Death - Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28 1976 Death - Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 1975 Event - 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq 1974 Death - Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 1971 Event - Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome 1971 Event - Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 Event - The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1969 Event - 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor 1962 Event - 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 1960 Event - French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu 1949 Event - British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff 1949 Death - Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54 1948 Birthday - Steve Railsback, actor, Blue Monkey, Green Monkey, Escape 2000 1948 Birthday - Jan Hammer, composer, Escape from TV, Miami Vice 1945 Event - JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere) 1945 Event - Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp 1944 Event - General Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand 1944 Event - 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) 1943 Event - 3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3 1943 Event - 400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland 1943 Event - 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis 1942 Event - 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland 1942 Event - 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany 1934 Death - Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies 1927 Birthday - Michael Craig, Poona India, actor, Escape 2000, Vault of Horror 1925 Birthday - Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor, For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York 1912 Birthday - Don[ald] Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, Escape from Alcatraz, Shootist 1902 Birthday - Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor, Refugee, None Shall Escape 1900 Event - President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin 1900 Birthday - Edna Best, born in Hove, England, actress starred in Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo 1895 Birthday - Felix Bressart, born in Germany, actor, Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads 1890 Event - D. McCree patents portable fire escape 1889 Birthday - Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever 1874 Birthday - Gerald du Maurier, born in London, England, actor, Power, Escape, Masks and Faces 1874 Birthday - Harry Houdini, Budapest, magician/escape artist 1862 Event - Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia 1853 Event - Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape 1848 Event - William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1815 Event - Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1804 Event - Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape 1791 Event - King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution 1774 Event - Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army 1766 Event - 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain 1702 Death - Jean Bart, French captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1650 Birthday - Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth |
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