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2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days
2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116 2001 Charlotte Coleman, actress, Four Weddings and a Funeral, dies at 33 2001 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania 1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China 1997 Lawrence Payton, singer, The Four Tops, dies at 59 1996 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1994 Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76 1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal 1991 Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video 1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield 1983 Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing 1975 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1971 Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics 1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published 1970 Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four" 1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four" 1965 Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 1963 Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90 1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles 1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88 1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24 1957 Dirk Blocker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four 1955 Anwar Khan, cricketer, bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979 1952 Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982 1951 Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London 1948 Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four 1947 Wilbert Hart, U.S. singer, Four Gents, Delfonics-Didn't I 1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Jaime Tirelli, born in New York City, actor, Orlando Lopez-Ball Four 1942 Bob Gaudio, born in Bronx, New York, rocker, Four Seasons-Sherry 1942 U. 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Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68 1940 Ben Davidson, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rhino-Ball Four, Code R 1940 Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners 1939 Len Cariou, Winnipeg Manitoba, actor, Four Seasons-Sherry 1939 Marco St. John, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Rayford-Ball Four 1939 Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four 1937 Frankie Valli, Castelluccio, Newark, New Jersey, singer, Four Seasons-Sherry 1935 Abdul "Duke" Fakir, born in Detroit, Michigan, rock vocalist, Four Tops 1935 Tommy Devito, born in Montclair, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Four Seasons-Sherry 1934 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 1933 Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1933 Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1931 Bob Crewe, born in Newark, New Jersey, American songwriter, singer, co-wrote with Bob Gaudio, Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons, recorded with Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle 1930 Ken Errair, rocker, Four Freshmen 1929 Michael Medwin, English actor, Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint 1929 Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964 1927 Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1926 Bob Flannigan, rocker, Four Freshmen 1922 Stan Lee, writer, editor and co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and many more comic characters 1921 Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1920 Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 1918 Jack Somack, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show 1917 Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor 1916 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp 1915 Joe Hitchcock, darts player, leader of St. Dunstan's Four 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" 1870 Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms |
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