2014 Event Iraqi troops and Shiite militia members, aided by U.S. air strikes, free the town of Amerli from Islamic State control; the rebel group seized the town two months ago, blocking access to food and supplies; rations were air-dropped after the victory 2014 Event A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near the California Bay Area city of Napa; 87 have been injured, but no fatalities have been reported 2014 Event U.S. air strikes, in combination with Kurdish forces, pushed back an assault by Islamic State militants upon Yazidi minorities trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq; the action allowed thousands to escape 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama will allow the Pentagon to perform a limited number of air strikes in Iraq to thwart the advance of the Islamic State 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Event A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico about 80 miles to the northwest of Acapulco; only minor damage has been reported to date 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale strikes 58 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile; though larger than the 6.7 quake on March 16th, scientists expect an even stronger quake in this region in the future 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale strikes approximately 40 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile 2013 Event A 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes 50 miles south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event Two million people lose power and five people are killed when Typhoon Nari strikes the Philippines 2013 Event Part of the ongoing Samaikyandhra Movement, protests and strikes erupt after the Cabinet of India approves the bifurcation of the state of Andrha Pradesh 2013 Event The Australian dollar strikes a new, 20-month low against the U.S. dollar 2013 Event A 6.0-magnitude earthquake named Nantou, strikes near Taipei, Taiwan; one person is killed and 19 injured 2013 Event Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responds to air strikes on Syria, saying Israel's government is waging 'state terrorism' 2012 Event The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2012 Event A Union Pacific train strikes a parade float in Midland, Teas, killing four people and injuring 17 others 2012 Event A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the border of Mexico's states Guerrero and Oaxaca 2011 Event A 5.8 magnitude earthquake, the most powerful since 1897, strikes near Mineral, Virginia, causing a shut down of a nearby nuclear reactor 2011 Event A large dust storm strikes Phoenix, Arizona, leaving thousands without power and grounding flights at the Phoenix Airport 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2010 Event In France, over 200 protests occur in as part of the 2010 strikes to fight against plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 2010 Event An 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore of Oleron, France; no casualties are reported 2010 Event Trade unions in France launch a round of strikes in response to President Sarkozy's plan to lift the pension age to 62 2010 Event A week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a 6.1 magnitude aftershock strikes Haiti 2009 Event A magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off the coast of Indonesia, setting off a tsunami alert which is then withdrawn 2009 Event Panic ensues when an earthquake strikes off the Bali coast in Indonesia, causing few injuries and little material damage 2009 Event Nearly 300 people are killed and 1,500 injured near L'Aquila, Italy, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes 2005 Event Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan 2004 Event 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 Event U.S. launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. 1997 Event Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox 1997 Event Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Event Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses 1997 Event "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres 1994 Event 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45 1994 Event 7.9 earthquake strikes Koerilen, flood kills 18+ 1994 Event 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico 1994 Event 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia 1994 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 1994 Event 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra 1993 Event 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die 1992 Event 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000) 1992 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons 1991 Event Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1991 Event Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95 1990 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die 1990 Event Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves 1990 Event Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses 1989 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) 1989 Event 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China 1989 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter, Rickey Henderson 1989 Event Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car 1989 Event "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain 1988 Event Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities 1988 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed 1988 Event 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 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter 1986 Event 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador 1986 Event Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10) 1986 Event Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners 1986 Event 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record) 1985 Event Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed 1985 Event Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win 1985 Event Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1985 Event Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) 1983 Event U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) 1983 Event Royals defeat Yankees, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order 1983 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter 1981 Event Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) 1981 Event 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 Event 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria 1980 Event "Empire Strikes Back" premieres 1979 Event Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland 1979 Event Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313 1979 Event Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 Event Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th 1978 Event Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1978 Event Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1978 Event Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game 1977 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year 1976 Event Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die 1976 Event John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio 1976 Event Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles 1975 Event 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1974 Event Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin 1974 Event 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed 1974 Event Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 1974 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2 1974 Event 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil 1974 Event Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings 1973 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season 1972 Event 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed 1972 Birthday Busta Rhymes, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., rapper, songwriter, actor, albums include, 'The Coming', 'When Disaster Strikes' 1971 Event Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win 1970 Event Rotterdam harbor strikes end 1970 Event New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 1969 Event Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 1969 Event Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material 1968 Event Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins 1968 Event A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36 1967 Event Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage 1967 Event Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers 1966 Event Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 1964 Event Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1964 Event Quake strikes Niigata Japan 1964 Event Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1963 Event Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees 1962 Event Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game 1962 Event OAS strikes in Algeria 1961 Event Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph 1960 Event Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM 1960 Event Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1959 Event 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park 1958 Event Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time 1957 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia 1956 Event Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes 1956 Event Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed 1955 Event Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea 1955 Event 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England 1954 Event Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die 1954 Event Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his 1st game 1954 Event Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed 1954 Event Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68 1953 Event Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series 1953 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed 1953 Event Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row 1953 Event Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1952 Event 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 Event Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings 1952 Event Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings 1952 Event 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 Event Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1949 Event Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1948 Event Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings) 1948 Event Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game 1947 Event Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard 1946 Event Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456 1945 Event Kamikaze-Zero strikes U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise 1944 Event German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) 1944 Event Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy 1944 Event Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns 1943 Event German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes 1943 Event Anti fascist strikes in Italy 1942 Event Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1940 Event Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) 1940 Event Blizzard strikes midwestern U.S. killing over 100 1939 Event Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels 1939 Event Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia 1939 Event German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs 1939 Event Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes 1938 Event Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) 1938 Event Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game 1937 Birthday Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back 1936 Event Cleveland Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia A's) 1936 Event 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns 1934 Event Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 1934 Event Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game 1933 Event Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2 1932 Event 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 Event Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended 1932 Birthday Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison 1931 Event Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1930 Event Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed 1930 Event Joe Sewell, strikes out twice of his 3 times in 1930, by Pat Caraway 1927 Event Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die 1927 Event 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed 1927 Event Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1926 Event British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends 1926 Event Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne 1925 Event Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die 1924 Event Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93 1923 Event 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 142,000 1922 Event St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times 1917 Event Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1917 Birthday Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakia, actor, Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray 1915 Event Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed) 1913 Event Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game 1912 Birthday Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back 1911 Event Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win 1909 Event Bkln Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 1908 Event Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die 1908 Event St. Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics 1906 Event White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game 1906 Event New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning 1904 Event Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards 1901 Event NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes 1900 Event 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 1897 Event Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1896 Event Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed 1894 Event American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co 1891 Event Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1891 Birthday Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back 1888 Event Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S. 1883 Event Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out 1877 Event Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200 1864 Event Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed 1840 Event Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 1833 Event "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 1828 Event 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed 1755 Event Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report 1689 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck 1643 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1624 Event Earthquake strikes Peru 1556 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000 1526 Event Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1456 Event Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1362 Event Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France 1293 Event Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
