2012 Event Following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers, Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps 1990 Event 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0 1980 Event Yankees lose 4-2 and are swept by Royals in AL Championship series 1954 Event 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Event Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166
