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