2000 L. Sprague de Camp, writer, Lest Darkness Fall, dies at 92
1997 Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 1 performance
1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 1 performance
1995 Kingsley Amis, author, dies of injuries from a fall at 73
1994 "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 9 performances
1994 "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances
1993 William L Shirer, writer (Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89
1991 Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies
1990 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
1990 New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall
1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York
1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1982 "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall
1981 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1973 Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
1972 Jim Ryan (U.S.) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold
1972 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die
1972 David Bowie releases "Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust"
1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1971 Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64
1969 New York Mets fall 9 games back, later to win pennant
1967 Matt Howard, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder, New York Yankees
1966 Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43
1965 Julia Ormond, born in London, England, actress, Sabrina, Legends of the Fall
1964 Steve Nevius, film editor, Eden, Fall Time, Damascus
1964 William Thomas Andrade, Fall River, Massachusetts, PGA golfer, 1991 Kemper Open
1964 Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City
1963 Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death
1961 Greg Gagne, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
1956 U.S. most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville, Maryland
1952 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34
1950 Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall Vt, actor, Sierra, Westside Medical
1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
1950 Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn
1948 Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Mississippi, country singer, Ridin' for a Fall
1947 Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
1945 Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa
1944 During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1942 Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall
1942 Frankie Lymon, New York City, rocker, & Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love
1941 Herb Santiago, vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall
1940 Lee Majors, Wyandotte, actor, $6,000,000 Man, The Fall Guy
1940 E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1935 Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC
1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe
1929 Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again
1925 Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies
1925 Leopold Fall, composer, dies at 52
1919 Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall
1914 U.S. Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"
1911 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
1908 Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
1904 William L Shirer, historian, Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich
1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1899 Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith
1892 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, Dutch mathematician/historian, Fall and Throw
1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass
1891 Ilya G Ehrenburg, born in Kiev, Ukraine, writer, Fall of Paris, The Thaw
1885 News of fall of Khartoum reaches London
1883 E E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor, Night Must Fall, Dark Hour
1882 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
1879 Gerrit J. Heering, Dutch theologist, Fall of Christianity
1873 Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer, Dollar Princess
1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
1794 Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris
1794 Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56
1789 Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
1789 Bastille Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille
1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Emp
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
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