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 Gen 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 capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
1650 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth
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