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2009 A train travelling through heavy rain in Hua Hin in southern Thailand, is derailed, killing serval people and injuring dozens
2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer 1997 Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam 1996 Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake 1995 Terry Southern, writer, dies at 71 1995 Southern California begins using new area code 562 1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 1994 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa 1994 14" of snow in Southern California 1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California 1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern California 1989 Sterling A Brown, U.S. poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87 1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England 1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn 1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa 1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81 1984 Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members 1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61 1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball 1982 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa 1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (RB) 1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK 1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) 1977 77th U.S. Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa 1974 Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup 1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria 1971 James Baldwin, Jr., born in Southern Pines, North Carolina, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1970 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK 1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1968 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O J Simpson, Southern California (RB) 1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California 1967 Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent 1965 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern California (RB) 1965 Tim Simpson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1985 Southern Open 1964 Southern Democrats filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked 1962 Southern University closed due to demonstrations 1960 John Rocca, English funk singer, Southern Freeze 1960 Denise Strebig, born in San Bernardino, California, Denise Strebig-Haigh, professional golfer, toured with LPGA 1982-1990, married tour official Kerry Haigh, 1988, played college golf at University of Southern California 1960 David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer, 1991 Buick Southern Open 1959 David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open 1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running 1958 58th U.S. Golf Open: Tommy Bolt shoots a 283 at Southern Hills in Tulsa 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded 1955 Michael James Sullivan, born in Gary, Indiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Southern Open 1954 Rick Warren, San Jose, California, Pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California 1953 Edward Ray Fiori, born in Lynwood, California, PGA golfer, 1979 Southern Open 1948 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 1945 Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area 1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1942 Thom Mayne, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, architect, awarded Pritzker Prize, 2005, principal, Morphosis, famous architecture firm in Santa Monica, California, founder, Southern California Institute of Architecture 1939 O. 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Wright, born in Leno, Tennessee, singer, sang gospel, considered southern soul artist, first pop recording, 'That's How Strong My Love Is' 1939 DeWitt T Weaver, Jr., Danville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1972 Southern Open 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper 1935 James Graham, born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Africa, 8th Duke of Montrose, the only Duke with a seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer 1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Southern Christian Leadership 1925 Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1924 Terry Southern, writer 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1920 Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1915 Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class 1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria 1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established 1899 Southern California Golf Association forms 1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1887 Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood) 1880 Southern University forms 1879 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation 1877 Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas 1877 1st U.S. municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations 1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa 1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed 1871 John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign 1853 Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands 1814 Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat 1805 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois 1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1795 Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi 1795 France annexes Southern Netherlands 1794 Hard frost in southern New England 1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption 1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1670 Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Netherlands 1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1598 Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands 1535 Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Netherlands, merchant/historian 1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands |
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