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1994 Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen

1994 Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo)

1991 Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen

1990 Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game

1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases

1989 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

1987 Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro

1985 After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket

1982 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in New York City

1982 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year

1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen

1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100

1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases)

1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases

1978 Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland

1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery

1977 St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3

1974 Ralf Harolde, actor (Safe, Framed, Stolen Harmony), dies at 75

1974 Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark

1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London

1971 John Vermeers painting "The liefdesbrief" stolen

1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame

1965 Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels

1965 Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen

1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York

1958 Rickey Henderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yankees

1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland

1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases

1945 Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces

1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals

1920 Paul T B Rodenko, poet and author, Stolen Lover

1913 Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre

1913 "Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered

1911 New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning

1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913)

1906 Betty Bronson, Trenton, New Jersey, actress, Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night

1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants)

1904 John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36

1900 Billie Dove, Lilian Bohny, New York City, actress, Black Pirate, Stolen Bride

1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham

1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods

1750 Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods


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