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2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan
2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings 2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 1999 Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63 1996 NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times 1984 Richard Basehart, actor (Rage), dies following several strokes at 70 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1982 Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67 1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel 1963 U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba 1952 Trevor Chappell, cricketer, bro of several Aussie underarm bowler 1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1919 John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films 1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France 1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer 1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) 1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union 1875 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg 1865 Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn 1839 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1623 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings |
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