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2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
2002 Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist/writer, wrote many early Nancy Drew books, dies at 96 1999 Desmond Llewelyn, actor, Q in many James Bond movies, dies at 85 1999 Cyclone/tidal surge kills as many as 10,000 in eastern India 1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care 1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1996 Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York 1990 Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian and Yemeni envoys 1989 Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights 1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages 1988 Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon 1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish 1979 Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yankees win next 4 1973 After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1971 Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars 1959 "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis," debuts on CBS-TV 1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920 1947 Charlie Joiner, Many, Louisiana, NFL receiver, Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego 1947 Chose Alberts, Krommenhoek, vocalist, Yet Many Years 1947 Koos Alberts, Krommenhoek, Dutch vocalist, Many More Years to Come 1946 Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election 1945 Steve Mancha, Clyde Wilson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Too Many Cooks 1944 Troy Shondell, rocker, Many Sides of Troy Shondell 1943 John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads 1942 Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1941 Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1939 R Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in New York City 1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32 1923 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle, Rostov, Russia 1922 Stan Lee, writer, editor and co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and many more comic characters 1919 Max Shulman, novelist, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap 1916 Sydney Tafler, born in London, England, actor, Too Many Crooks 1914 Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks," premieres in New York City 1910 John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads 1905 Frederic Dannay, of Ellery Queen and Barnaby Ross, Cat of Many Tales 1900 Alfred Newman, born in New Haven, composer, Love is a Many Splendored Thing 1880 Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 1863 Cliff House opens in San Francisco (1st of many on site) 1860 Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts 1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die 1845 Fire in New York City destroys 1,000 homes and kills many 1834 Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews 1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews 1814 British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks 1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies 1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days 1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die |
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