2015 Event Puerto Rico fails to make a $58 billion debt payment on bonds issued by the Public Finance Corporation; Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla warned creditors in June that debt restructuring will be needed to keep the government afloat 2014 Event A bill to restore jobless benefits for the unemployed fails in the U.S. Senate; the benefits, a 3-month extension for 1.3 million unemployed will cost $6 billion; Democrats did not satisfy Republican request for a solid plan on how to pay for it 2013 Event The International Space Station suspends some of its non-critical systems after an ammonia cooling pump fails; the station and six crew members aboard were not in danger 2013 Event The French military's M51 missile test fails when the missile self-destructs in midair 2013 Event In the U.S., a centerpiece proposal on background checks aimed at tightening gun control, fails in a Senate vote 2012 Event After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy 2012 Event In a third round of voting, the Parliament of Albania fails to elect the President of the Republic of Albania 2011 Event President Barack Obama's Jobs Act fails to receive the sixty votes required to advance from the U.S. Senate 2011 Event First Air fails in an attempt to land a Boeing 737 in poor conditions; 12 of 15 people die after the plane crashes near Canada's Resolute Bay 2011 Event The U.S. Senate fails to pass legislation lifting the debt ceiling; compromise talks continue 1997 Event Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 1997 Event Telstar 401 Satellite Fails 1995 Event Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves 1992 Event Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault and eliminated from Olympics decathlon 1990 Event Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1989 Event Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails 1988 Event Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails 1984 Event Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Event Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs 1984 Event Iran offensive against Iraq fails 1983 Event Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock 1983 Event Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1983 Event Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot 1982 Event Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot 1982 Event Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification 1981 Event Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails 1980 Event U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1979 Event Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1977 Event Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders 1977 Event Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails 1976 Event A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion 1975 Event Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails 1974 Event U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 1974 Event Titan-Centaur Test launch fails 1972 Event Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 1970 Event Polish uprising fails 1970 Event Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails) 1968 Event Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games 1968 Event U.S.S.R. launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit 1968 Event Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain 1967 Event ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 1965 Event Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1964 Event Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit 1963 Event Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon 1962 Event 1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off 1962 Event Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 1961 Event Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 Event Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 Event Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit 1960 Event Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails 1960 Event Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit 1959 Event Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails 1959 Event Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq 1958 Event Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit 1958 Event Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950 1957 Event 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up 1945 Event Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Event NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen attempts and fails at suicide 1944 Event German counter attack at Avranches fails 1944 Event Anti-German attack at Avranches fails 1944 Event Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen 1944 Event Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested 1944 Event Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails 1943 Event Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1941 Event Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails 1941 Event German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas 1940 Event German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 Event German air raid on Birmingham fails 1939 Event German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1938 Event Fascist coup in Romania, fails 1937 Death Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open 1934 Event Disarmament conference in Geneva fails 1931 Event Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria 1931 Event Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe 1929 Event Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails 1924 Event Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1921 Event Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1920 Event Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails 1919 Event Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) 1916 Event Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 1908 Event Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant) 1900 Event Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails 1894 Event Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails 1888 Event French Panama Canal company fails 1876 Event Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested) 1873 Event Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co fails, causing a securities panic 1868 Event By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson 1864 Event Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities 1864 Event Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails 1864 Event Battle of the Crater: General Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 1858 Event 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month 1787 Event Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails 1613 Event Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees 1603 Event Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed 1537 Event Uprising in Lubeck fails 1522 Event Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails 1392 Event Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 532 Event Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
