2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan
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
2001 US launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox
1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law
1997 Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres
1994 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
1994 7.9 earthquake strikes Koerilen, flood kills 18+
1994 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico
1994 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia
1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1994 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra
1993 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die
1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons
1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless
1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95
1990 Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
1990 Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
1990 Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1989 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
1988 Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities
1988 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
1988 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1987 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986 Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10)
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record)
1985 Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed
1985 Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win
1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
1985 Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago)
1983 U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order
1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1981 Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)
1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980 "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
1979 Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
1979 Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1978 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia
1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1978 Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game
1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
1976 John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
1974 Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin
1974 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die
1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil
1974 Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
1972 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed
1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
1970 Rotterdam harbor strikes end
1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255
1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
1968 Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage
1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1966 Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed
1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75
1965 U.S. Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus
1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage
1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan
1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die
1963 Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees
1962 Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
1962 OAS strikes in Algeria
1961 Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph
1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed
1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes
1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England
1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die
1954 Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his 1st game
1954 Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed
1954 Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68
1953 Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series
1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
1952 Giants Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman complete his at bat, he strikes out and is also ejected for arguing
1952 Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings
1952 Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base
1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman
1948 Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings)
1948 Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard
1946 Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456
1945 Kamikaze-Zero strikes U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise
1944 German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy
1942 Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
1940 Blizzard strikes midwestern U.S. killing over 100
1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels
1939 Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
1939 German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs
1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
1938 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
1937 Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back
1936 Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia A's)
1936 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns
1934 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game
1933 Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2
1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1932 Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended
1932 Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
1930 Joe Sewell, strikes out twice of his 3 times in 1930, by Pat Caraway
1927 Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die
1927 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan
1926 British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends
1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
1925 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die
1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93
1923 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 142,000
1922 St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times
1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas
1917 Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakia, actor, Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray
1915 Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed)
1913 Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game
1912 Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back
1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
1909 Bkln Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates
1908 Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die
1908 St. Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics
1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game
1906 New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
1904 Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards
1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1891 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300
1891 Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back
1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S.
1883 Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out
1877 Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200
1864 Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
1840 Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317
1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1828 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck
1643 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population
1624 Earthquake strikes Peru
1556 Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000
1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
1456 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
1293 Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
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