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2009 Nearly 300 people are killed and 1,500 injured near L'Aquila, Italy, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes
2004 Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30 2003 An Islamist terrorist is sentenced to death for his part in the Bali bombings that kill nearly 200 in 2002 2003 Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100 2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2002 Nearly 200 tourists murdered by Islamist terrorist bombs in Bali 2001 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania 2000 David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88 1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension 1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992 1990 U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama 1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles 1978 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington D.C. for ERA 1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion 1928 Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years 1923 U.S. unemployment has nearly ended 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 1908 Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75% of city 1900 Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand 1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver 1872 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston |
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