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Fails
1997
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
Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1995
Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves
1992
Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault and eliminated from Olympics decathlon
1990
Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
1989
Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1988
Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1984
Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
1984
Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs
1984
Iran offensive against Iraq fails
1983
Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
1983
Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
1983
Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
1982
Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot
1982
Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification
1981
Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails
1980
U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
1979
Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
1978
Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
1977
Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
1977
Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
1976
A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion
1975
Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
1974
U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
1974
Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
1972
Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22
1970
Polish uprising fails
1970
Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
1968
Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
1968
U.S.S.R. launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
1968
Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain
1967
ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
1965
Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
1964
Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1963
Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
1962
1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
1962
Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1961
Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1961
Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1961
Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit
1960
Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails
1960
Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
1959
Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1959
Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq
1958
Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
1958
Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
1957
1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up
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
NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen attempts and fails at suicide
1944
German counter attack at Avranches fails
1944
Anti-German attack at Avranches fails
1944
Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen
1944
Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested
1944
Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails
1943
Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
1941
Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails
1941
German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas
1940
German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940
German air raid on Birmingham fails
1939
German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard
1938
Fascist coup in Romania, fails
1937
Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1934
Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
1931
Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria
1931
Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
1929
Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails
1924
Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails
1921
Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails
1920
Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
1919
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
Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack
1908
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
Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
1894
Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails
1888
French Panama Canal company fails
1876
Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1873
Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co fails, causing a securities panic
1868
By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1864
Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
1864
Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails
1864
Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg
1858
1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
1787
Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
1613
Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1603
Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
1537
Uprising in Lubeck fails
1522
Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails
1392
Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails
532
Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
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